Trichodectidae

Family of lice

Trichodectidae
Felicola sp. with egg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Trichodectidae". Phthiraptera.info. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
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Extant Psocodea families
Suborder Trogiomorpha
Atropetae
Prionoglaridetae
Psyllipsocetae
Suborder Troctomorpha
Amphientometae
Nanopsocetae
Phthiraptera
(lice)
Amblycera
Anoplura
(sucking lice)
Ischnocera
(paraphyletic)
  • Bovicolidae
  • Dasyonygidae
  • Goniodidae
  • Heptapsogasteridae
  • Lipeuridae
  • Philopteridae (paraphyletic)
  • Trichodectidae
  • Trichophilopteridae
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
Trichodectidae
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