Hessea (microsporidian)

For the plant genus in Amaryllidaceae, see Hessea.

Hessea is the type genus of the monotypic microsporidian family Hesseidae, described in 1973.^[1] Hessea itself is monotypic, containing only the type species Hessea squamosa. It is a parasite of the larvae of the Sciara fungus gnats, infesting the gut epithelium.^[1][2]

Hessea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Rozellomycota
Class:	Microsporidia
Order:	Chytridiopsida
Family:	Hesseidae
Genus:	Hessea
Species:	H. squamosa
Binomial name
Hessea squamosa Ormières (1973)