Lipotrophidae

Lipotrophidae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Conoidasida
Order: Neogregarinorida
Family: Lipotrophidae
Grassé, 1953
Genera

Apicystis
Farinocystis
Lipocystis
Lipotropha
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).