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.

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