Mattesia

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.

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)