Trichodectidae

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Trichodectidae
File:Felicola-louse-plus-egg-on-hair-of-cat-2.jpg
Felicola sp. with egg
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Trichodectidae is a family of louse in the parvorder Trichodectera. Its species are parasites of mammals.[2]

Classification

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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]

Phthiraptera

List of genera

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The following 19 genera are recognized:[4][5]

References

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