Trichodectidae
Family of lice
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Trichodectidae is a family of louse in the parvorder Trichodectera. Its species are parasites of mammals.[2]
| Trichodectidae | |
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| Felicola sp. with egg | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Suborder: | Troctomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Phthiraptera |
| Parvorder: | Trichodectera |
| Family: | Trichodectidae Kellogg, 1896[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Trichodectes Nitzsch, 1818 | |
Classification
Trichodectidae was previously classified as belonging to Ischnocera, but phylogenetic studies had found that group to be paraphyletic. In 2021, de Moya et al. proposed that Trichodectidae be split off from Ischnocera and to be put into a newly created grouping called Trichodectera.[3]
Below is a cladogram showing the position of Trichodectidae within Phthiraptera:[3]
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List of genera
The following 19 genera are recognized:[4][5]
- 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
