Plasmodium lucensPlasmodium lucens is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella. As in all Plasmodium species, P. lucens has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.TaxonomyThe parasite was first described by Valkiūnas et al. in 2008.DistributionThis parasite is found in West Africa.VectorsNot known.HostsP. lucens infects the olive sunbird.