Mattesia is a genus of parasitic alveolates of the phylum Apicomplexa. Species in this genus infect insects (Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera and Siphonaptera).
Taxonomy
The genus was described in 1930 by Naville.
There are eight recognised species in this genus.
The type species is Mattesia geminata.
Host records
Mattesia alphitobii — lesser mealworm (Alphitobius diaperinus) Mattesia dispora — Indianmeal moth (Plodia interpunctella) Mattesia geminata — fire ant (Solenopsis geminata) Mattesia grandis — boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) Mattesia orchopiae — flea (Orchopeas wickhami) Mattesia oryzaephili — sawtoothed grain beetle (Oryzaephilus surinamensis) Mattesia povolnyi — Eurasian sunflower moth (Homoeosoma nebulellum) Mattesia trogodermae — Glabrous cabinet beetle (Trogoderma glabrum)
Notes Coelogregarina Ghélélovitch, 1948 is a synonym of Mattersia.
Mattesia bombi has been moved to a new genus — Apicystis bombi.
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