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However, life-cycles remain unknown for the majority of <jats:italic>Haemoproteus<\/jats:italic> species. Information on their exoerythrocytic development is particularly fragmental and controversial. This study aimed to gain new knowledge on life-cycle of the widespread blood parasite <jats:italic>Haemoproteus majoris<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>\n              <jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p><jats:italic>Turdus pilaris<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Parus major<\/jats:italic> naturally infected with lineages hPHYBOR04 and hPARUS1 of <jats:italic>H. majoris<\/jats:italic>, respectively, were wild-caught and the parasites were identified using microscopic examination of gametocytes and PCR-based testing. Bayesian phylogeny was used to determine relationships between <jats:italic>H. majoris<\/jats:italic> lineages. Exoerythrocytic stages (megalomeronts) were reported using histological examination and laser microdissection was applied to isolate single megalomeronts for genetic analysis. <jats:italic>Culicoides impunctatus<\/jats:italic> biting midges were experimentally exposed in order to follow sporogonic development of the lineage hPHYBOR04.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>\n              <jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Gametocytes of the lineage hPHYBOR04 are indistinguishable from those of the widespread lineage hPARUS1 of <jats:italic>H. majoris<\/jats:italic>, indicating that both of these lineages belong to the <jats:italic>H. majoris<\/jats:italic> group. Phylogenetic analysis supported this conclusion. Sporogony of the lineage hPHYBOR04 was completed in <jats:italic>C. impunctatus<\/jats:italic> biting midges. Morphologically similar megalomeronts were reported in internal organs of both avian hosts. These were big roundish bodies (up to 360 \u03bcm in diameter) surrounded by a thick capsule-like wall and containing irregularly shaped cytomeres, in which numerous merozoites developed. DNA sequences obtained from single isolated megalomeronts confirmed the identification of <jats:italic>H. majoris<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>\n              <jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Phylogenetic analysis identified a group of closely related <jats:italic>H. majoris<\/jats:italic> lineages, two of which are characterized not only by morphologically identical blood stages, but also complete sporogonic development in <jats:italic>C. impunctatus<\/jats:italic> and development of morphologically similar megalomeronts. It is probable that other lineages belonging to the same group would bear the same characters and phylogenies based on partial <jats:italic>cytb<\/jats:italic> gene could be used to predict life-cycle features in avian haemoproteids including vector identity and patterns of exoerythrocytic merogony. 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