''Farinocystis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of parasitic alveolates of the phylum

Apicomplexa The Apicomplexa (also called Apicomplexia) are a large phylum of parasitic alveolates. Most of them possess a unique form of organelle that comprises a type of non-photosynthetic plastid called an apicoplast, and an apical complex structure. Th ...

. Species in this genus infect

insect Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three ...

s ('' Coleoptera'').

Taxonomy

This genus was created by Weiser in 1953.Weiser J (1953) Parasites of the flour beetles ''Tribolium castaneum''. Proc Soc Protozool 4:21 The type species is ''Farinocystis tribolii''.

Host records

*Mealworm (''

Tenebrio molitor Mealworms are the larval form of the yellow mealworm beetle, ''Tenebrio molitor'', a species of darkling beetle. Like all holometabolic insects, they go through four life stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Larvae typically measure about or ...

'')

References

Apicomplexa genera Parasites of insects {{Apicomplexa-stub