Plasmodium cercopitheciPlasmodium cercopitheci is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium which infects the monkey Cercopithecis nictitans. The insect host of P. cercopitheci is unknown.TaxonomyThe parasite was first described by Thieler in 1930.HostsThe only known host for this species is the monkey Cercopithecis nictitans.