“…Avian malaria lineages detected in this study are indicated in the tree within boxes and by a mosquito silhouette within a box. Superscript arabic numerals of accession numbers indicate the following host mosquito species of avian Plasmodium detected in previous studies in Japan [2][3][4][5][6][7]: 1) Aedes albopictus; 2) Culex (Culiciomyia) sasai; 3) Lt. fuscanus; 4) Lt. vorax; 5) C. pipiens pallens; 6) C. pipiens quinquefasciatus; 7) Coquillettidia sp.. Known avian malaria species, including Plasmodium cathemerium (AY377128), P. circumflex (AF495576) [13], P. elongatum (DQ659588), P. gallinaceum (AB250690), P. juxtanucleare (AB250415), P. nucleophilum (AF254962), P. relictum (AY099041) [21], Haemoproteus lanii (DQ630012), H. sylvae (AY099040), and other avian malaria lineages found recently in birds (AB601432 to AB601434, AB601437, AB601438, AB601440, AB601441, AB601445) and mosquitoes (AB308044 to AB308048, AB308051, AB308052, AB458849 to AB458851, AB474382, AB477123, AB474377, AB474378, AB542064) of Japan were obtained from GenBank for comparison.…”