Trichodectidae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
of
louse
Louse ( : lice) is the common name for any member of the clade Phthiraptera, which contains nearly 5,000 species of wingless parasitic insects. Phthiraptera has variously been recognized as an order, infraorder, or a parvorder, as a result o ...
in the
suborder
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Ischnocera
The Ischnocera is a large superfamily of lice. They are mostly parasitic on birds, but including a large family (the Trichodectidae) parasitic on mammals. The genus '' Trichophilopterus'' is also found on mammals (lemurs), but probably belongs ...
. Its species are
parasites
Parasitism is a Symbiosis, close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the Host (biology), host, causing it some harm, and is Adaptation, adapted structurally to this way of lif ...
of mammals. The following 19 genera are recognized:
* ''
Bovicola
''Bovicola'' is a genus of lice belonging to the family Trichodectidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*'' Bovicola alpinus''
*''Bovicola bovis
''Bovicola bovis'' (also called ''Damalinia bovis'' and the red louse) is a c ...
''
* ''
Cebidicola''
* ''
Damalinia
''Damalinia'' is a genus of lice belonging to the family Trichodectidae.
Synonyms:
* ''Cervicola'' Kéler, 1934
* ''Tragulicola'' Lyal, 1985
Species:
* ''Damalinia adenota'' (Bedford, 1936)
* ''Damalinia appendiculata'' (Piaget, 1880)
* ''D ...
''
* ''
Dasyonyx''
* ''
Eurytrichodectes''
* ''
Eutrichophilus''
* ''
Felicola
''Felicola'' is a genus of parasitic lice in the family Trichodectidae. There are at least 50 described species in ''Felicola''.
Species
These 56 species belong to the genus ''Felicola'':
* '' Felicola acuticeps'' (Neumann, L. G., 1902)
* '' F ...
''
* ''
Geomydoecus''
* ''
Lutridia''
* ''
Neotrichodectes''
* ''
Paratrichodectes''
* ''
Procavicola''
* ''
Procaviphilus''
* ''
Protelicola''
* ''
Stachiella''
* ''
Thomomydoecus''
* ''
Trichodectes''
* ''
Tricholipeurus''
* ''
Werneckodectes''
References
Lice
Insect families
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