This species was described by Peláez and Perez-Reyes in 1952 in the reptile Sceloporus borridus.

[1] It was named after Alexandre Joseph Emile Brumpt (1877–1951) a French professor of parasitology.

In the blood of the reptile host, parasites in the schizont stage produce 12-22 merozoites.

[1] Both schizonts and gametocytes are fairly large, more than twice the size of the host cell nucleus.

[1] P. brumpti has been found in reptiles in Morelos, Alpoyeca, and Puente de Ixtla, Mexico.