{{Short description|Species of single-celled organism}} {{Speciesbox | genus = Plasmodium | species = cercopitheci | authority = Thieler, 1930 }}
'''''Plasmodium cercopitheci''''' is a parasite of the genus ''Plasmodium'' (subgenus ''Vinckeia'') which infects the monkey ''Cercopithecis nictitans''. The insect host of ''P. cercopitheci'' is unknown.
== Taxonomy == The parasite was first described by Thieler in 1930.<ref name=Catalog>{{cite journal|doi=10.2307/3271859 |jstor=3271859 |title=A Catalog and Host-Index of the Genus Plasmodium |journal=The Journal of Parasitology |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=338 |year=1936 |last1=Coatney |first1=G. Robert |last2=Roudabush |first2=Robert L. }}</ref>
== Hosts == The only known host for this species is the monkey ''Cercopithecis nictitans''.<ref name=Catalog/>
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