Trichodectes
| Trichodectes | |
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| Trichodectes canis under a microscope | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Infraorder: | Phthiraptera |
| Family: | Trichodectidae |
| Genus: | Trichodectes Nitzsch, 1818 |
Trichodectes is a genus of louse belonging to the family Trichodectidae. It was described in 1818 by Christian Ludwig Nitzsch,[1] and it has a cosmopolitan distribution.[2] Species are frequently found living on small mammals such as badgers and skunks, and some on domesticated animals like dogs. They range from 1 mm (0.039 in) to 2 mm (0.079 in) and have broad bodies.[3]
Species
[edit]This is a list of the currently accepted species in the genus Trichodectes:[1]
- Trichodectes baculus (Schömmer, 1913)
- Trichodectes canis (De Geer, 1778)
- Trichodectes carnivorus (Springholz-Schmidt, 1935)
- Trichodectes emersoni (Hopkins, 1960)
- Trichodectes ermineae (Hopkins, 1941)
- Trichodectes euarctidos (Hopkins, 1954)
- Trichodectes galictidis (Werneck, 1934)
- Trichodectes kuntzi (Emerson, 1964)
- Trichodectes melis (Fabricius, 1805)
- Trichodectes mustelae (Schrank, 1803)
- Trichodectes pinguis (Burmeister, 1838)
- Trichodectes tigris (Ponton, 1870)
- Trichodectes vosseleri (Stobbe, 1913)
References
[edit]- 1 2 Trichodectes. Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera.
- ↑ Trichodectes at Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Cheng, Thomas (December 2, 2012) [1973]. General Parasitology. Elsevier Science. p. 633. ISBN 9780323140102.