Trichodectidae is a
family 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
Order ( la, ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and ...
Ischnocera. Its species are
parasites of mammals. The following 19 genera are recognized:
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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 ...
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Cebidicola''
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Damalinia''
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Dasyonyx''
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Eurytrichodectes''
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Eutrichophilus''
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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 ...
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Geomydoecus
''Geomydoecus'' is a genus of louse in the suborder 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 '' Trichophil ...
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Lutridia''
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Neotrichodectes''
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Paratrichodectes''
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Procavicola''
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Procaviphilus''
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Protelicola''
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Stachiella''
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Thomomydoecus''
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Trichodectes
''Trichodectes'' is a genus of louse belonging to the family Trichodectidae.
The genus was described in 1818 by Nitzsch.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* ''Trichodectes baculus'' Schömmer, 1913
* ''Trichodectes canis'' (De ...
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Tricholipeurus''
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Werneckodectes''
References
Lice
Insect families
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