Lipotrophidae

Lipotrophidae
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Lipotrophidae

Grassé 1953
Genera

Apicystis
Farinocystis
Lipotropha
Lipocystis
Mattesia
Menzbieria

The Lipotrophidae are a family of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa. Species in this family infect insects (Diptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera and Hymenoptera).