rickettsia honei rickettsia honei rickettsia honei is a species of rickettsia. rickettsia honei scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: rickettsiales family: rickettsiaceae genus: rickettsia species group: spotted fever group species: r. honei binomial name rickettsia honeistenos et al., 1998 it can cause flinders island spotted fever.