''Mattesia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of parasitic alveolates of the

phylum In biology, a phylum (; : phyla) is a level of classification, or taxonomic rank, that is below Kingdom (biology), kingdom and above Class (biology), class. Traditionally, in botany the term division (taxonomy), division has been used instead ...

Apicomplexa The Apicomplexa (also called Apicomplexia; single: apicomplexan) are organisms of a large phylum of mainly parasitic alveolates. Most possess a unique form of organelle structure that comprises a type of non-photosynthetic plastid called an ap ...

. Species in this genus infect

insect Insects (from Latin ') are Hexapoda, hexapod invertebrates of the class (biology), class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (Insect morphology#Head, head, ...

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Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

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Hymenoptera Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are parasitic. Females typi ...

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Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organ ...

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Siphonaptera Flea, the common name for the order Siphonaptera, includes 2,500 species of small flightless insects that live as external parasites of mammals and birds. Fleas live by ingesting the blood of their hosts. Adult fleas grow to about long, are ...

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Taxonomy

The genus was created in 1930 by Naville. There are eight recognised species in this genus. The type species is ''Mattesia geminata''.

Host records

*''M. alphitobii'' — lesser mealworm (''

Alphitobius diaperinus ''Alphitobius diaperinus'' is a species of beetle in the family Tenebrionidae, the darkling beetles. It is known commonly as the lesser mealworm and the litter beetle. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring nearly worldwide. It is known wi ...

'') *''M. dispora'' — Indianmeal moth (''

Plodia interpunctella The Indianmeal moth (''Plodia interpunctella''), also spelled Indian meal moth and Indian-meal moth, is a Pyraloidea, pyraloid moth of the family (biology), family Pyralidae. Alternative common names are hanger-downers, weevil moth, pantry mot ...

'') *''M. geminata'' — fire ant (''

Solenopsis geminata ''Solenopsis geminata'' or tropical fire ant is a species of fire ants, described by Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius in 1804, in the tribe Solenopsidini; it was originally placed in the ''Atta (ant), Atta'' genus. This species has a pan-tro ...

'') *''M. grandis'' — boll weevil (''

Anthonomus grandis The boll weevil (''Anthonomus grandis'') is a species of beetle in the Family (biology), family Curculionidae. The boll weevil feeds on cotton buds and flowers. Thought to be native to Central Mexico, it migrated into the United States from Mex ...

'') *''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 ''Apicystis bombi'' is a species of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa. It infects bees, especially bumblebees. It is believed to have a cosmopolitan distribution in bumblebees and a sporadic occurrence in honey bees, and causes dise ...

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References

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