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 created in 1930 by Naville.[1]
There are eight recognised species in this genus.
The type species is Mattesia geminata.
Host records
- M. alphitobii — lesser mealworm (Alphitobius diaperinus)
- M. dispora — Indianmeal moth (Plodia interpunctella)
- M. geminata — fire ant (Solenopsis geminata)
- M. grandis — boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis)
- M. orchopiae — flea (Orchopeas wickhami)
- M. oryzaephili — sawtoothed grain beetle (Oryzaephilus surinamensis)
- M. povolnyi — Eurasian sunflower moth (Homoeosoma nebulellum)
- M. trogodermae — Glabrous cabinet beetle (Trogoderma glabrum)
Notes
This genus is a synonym of Coelogregarina Ghélélovitch, 1948.
Mattesia bombi has been moved to a new genus — Apicystis bombi.
