Trichodectidae
| Trichodectidae | |
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| Felicola sp. with egg | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Suborder: | Troctomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Nanopsocetae |
| Parvorder: | Phthiraptera |
| Superfamily: | Ischnocera |
| Family: | Trichodectidae Kellogg, 1896[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Trichodectes Nitzsch, 1818
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Trichodectidae is a family of louse in the suborder Ischnocera. Its species are parasites of mammals.[2] The following 19 genera are recognized:[3][4]
- Bovicola Ewing, 1929
- Cebidicola Bedford, 1936
- Damalinia Mjöberg, 1910
- Dasyonyx Bedford, 1932
- Eurytrichodectes Stobbe, 1913
- Eutrichophilus Mjöberg, 1910
- Felicola Ewing, 1929
- Geomydoecus Ewing, 1929
- Lutridia Kéler, 1938
- Neotrichodectes Ewing, 1929
- Paratrichodectes Lyal, 1985
- Procavicola Bedford, 1932
- Procaviphilus Bedford, 1932
- Protelicola Bedford, 1932
- Stachiella Kéler, 1938
- Thomomydoecus Price & Emerson, 1972
- Trichodectes Nitzsch, 1818
- Tricholipeurus Bedford, 1929
- Werneckodectes Conci, 1946
References
[edit]- ^ Kellogg, Vernon L. (1896). "New Mallophaga, I,—with special reference to a collection made from maritime birds of the Bay of Monterey, California". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Second Series. 6: 63.
- ^ Lyal, C. H. C. (1985). "A cladistic analysis and classification of trichodectid mammal lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology Series. 51 (3): 187–346.
- ^ Price, Roger D.; Hellenthal, Ronald A.; Palma, Ricardo L.; Johnson, Kevin P.; Clayton, Dale H. (2003). "Trichodectidae". The Chewing Lice: World Checklist and Biological Overview. Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publication. Vol. 24. pp. 252–275.
- ^ "Trichodectidae". Phthiraptera.info. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
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