Hessea (microsporidian)

{{Short description|Genus of parasitic fungi}} {{for|the plant genus in [[Amaryllidaceae]] |Hessea}} {{Speciesbox | name = ''Hessea'' | genus = Hessea (microsporidian) | species = squamosa | authority = Ormières (1973) }}

'''''Hessea''''' is the [[type genus]] of the [[monotypic]] [[microsporidian]] family '''Hesseidae''', described in 1973.<ref name="Ormieres">{{cite journal |last1=Ormières |first1=Rene |last2=Sprague |first2=Victor |title=A new family, new genus, and new species allied to the Microsporida |journal=Journal of Invertebrate Pathology |date=1973 |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=224–240 |doi=10.1016/0022-2011(73)90207-3 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0022201173902073 |publisher=Elsevier Inc.|bibcode=1973JInvP..21..224O |url-access=subscription }}</ref> ''Hessea'' itself is monotypic, containing only the type species '''''Hessea squamosa'''''. It is a parasite of the larvae of the ''[[Sciara (fly)|Sciara]]'' fungus gnats, infesting the gut [[epithelium]].<ref name="Ormieres" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Weiss |first1=Louis M. |last2=Becnel |first2=James J. |title=Microsporidia: Pathogens of Opportunity |date=2014 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |isbn=978-1-118-39522-6 |edition=1}}</ref>

== References ==

== External links == * [http://www.taxonomy.nl/TaxonTree.aspx?id=125130&src=0 ''Hessea squamosa'']

[[Category:Microsporidia]] [[Category:Microsporidia genera]] [[Category:Taxa described in 1973]] [[Category:Parasitic fungi]] [[Category:Parasites of arthropods]]