Mattesia

Mattesia
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Sar
(unranked):
Alveolata
Phylum:
Apicomplexa
Class:
Conoidasida
Subclass:
Gregarinasina
Order:
Neogregarinorida
Family:
Lipotrophidae
Genus:
Mattesia

Naville 1930
Species

Mattesia alphitobii
Mattesia dispora
Mattesia geminata
Mattesia grandis
Mattesia povolnyi
Mattesia orchopiae
Mattesia oryzaephili
Mattesia trogodermae

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.

References

  1. ↑ Naville, A. (1930). "Recherches cytologiques sur les schizogrégarines. I. le cycle évolutif de Mattesia dispora n.g., n.sp". Z Zell Anat. 11: 375–396.
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