Pedicinus

Genus of lice

Pedicinus
Pedicinus hamadryas as seen under a light microscope
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Suborder: Troctomorpha
Infraorder: Nanopsocetae
Parvorder: Phthiraptera
Superfamily: Anoplura
Family: Pedicinidae
Enderlein, 1904
Genus: Pedicinus
Gervais, 1844 [1]
Species

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Pedicinus is a genus of sucking louse, the only genus in the family Pedicinidae.[2] Species belonging to this genus are found on Old World monkeys and apes of different kinds.[3][4] Pedicinus, along with its sister genus Pthirus, are believed to have diverged from their common ancestor approximately 22.5-2.5 million years ago.[5]

Pedicinus has been studied on a genetic level by researchers looking for insight into the evolutionary history of their primate hosts.[6]

Species

  • Pedicinus albidus - Rudow, 1869
  • Pedicinus ancoratus - Ferris, 1934
  • Pedicinus badii - Kuhn and Ludwig, 1964
  • Pedicinus cercocebi - Kuhn and Ludwig, 1967
  • Pedicinus colobi - Fahrenholz, 1917
  • Pedicinus cynopitheci - Kuhn and Ludwig, 1967
  • Pedicinus eurygaster - Burmeister, 1838
  • Pedicinus ferrisi - Kuhn and Ludwig, 1965
  • Pedicinus hamadryas - Mjöberg, 1910
  • Pedicinus miopitheci - Kuhn and Ludwig, 1970
  • Pedicinus obtusus - Rudow, 1869
  • Pedicinus patas - Fahrenholz, 1916
  • Pedicinus pictus - Ferris, 1934
  • Pedicinus veri - Kuhn and Ludwig, 1963

Species data retrieved from Integrated Taxonomic Information System.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pedicinus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ Botzler, Richard G.; Brown, Richard N. (2014-08-12). Foundations of Wildlife Diseases. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520276093.
  3. ^ Gosling, Peter J. (2005-06-24). Dictionary of Parasitology. CRC Press. p. 269. ISBN 9781420019629.
  4. ^ Taylor, M. A.; Coop, R. L.; Wall, Richard L. (2015-12-03). Veterinary Parasitology. John Wiley & Sons. p. 203. ISBN 9781119073697.
  5. ^ David L. Reed; Vincent S. Smith; Shaless L. Hammond; Alan R. Rogers; Dale H. Clayton (2004). "Genetic analysis of lice supports direct contact between modern and archaic humans". PLOS Biology. 2 (11): e340. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0020340. PMC 521174. PMID 15502871.
  6. ^ Scholl, Katlyn; Allen, Julie M.; Leendertz, Fabian H.; Chapman, Colin A.; Reed, David L. (October 2012). "Variable microsatellite loci for population genetic analysis of Old World monkey lice (Pedicinus sp.)". The Journal of Parasitology. 98 (5): 930–937. doi:10.1645/GE-3060.1. ISSN 1937-2345. PMID 22509906. S2CID 25436418.
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Extant Psocodea families
Suborder Trogiomorpha
Atropetae
Prionoglaridetae
Psyllipsocetae
Suborder Troctomorpha
Amphientometae
Nanopsocetae
Phthiraptera
(lice)
Amblycera
Anoplura
(sucking lice)
Ischnocera
(paraphyletic)
Rhyncophthirina
Ischnocera, Rhyncophthirina and Amblycera comprise paraphyletic suborder Mallophaga (chewing lice).
Suborder Psocomorpha
Archipsocetae
Caeciliusetae
Epipsocetae
Homilopsocidea
Philotarsetae
Psocetae
Order Psocodea is comprised of paraphyletic Psocoptera (book lice or bark lice) and monophyletic Phthiraptera (lice), both previously classified as orders.
Taxon identifiers
Pedicinus
Pedicinidae


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