Mattesia
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| Mattesia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Superphylum: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Conoidasida |
| Order: | Neogregarinorida |
| Family: | Lipotrophidae |
| Genus: | Mattesia Naville, 1930 |
| Species | |
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Mattesia alphitobii | |
| Synonyms | |
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Coelogregarina Ghélélovitch, 1948 | |
Mattesia is a genus of parasitic alveolates of the phylum Apicomplexa. Species in this genus infect insects (Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera and Siphonaptera).
The genus was described in 1930 by Naville.[1]
There are eight recognised species in this genus.
The type species is Mattesia geminata.