Trichodectes
{{Short description|Genus of lice}}
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Trichodectes is a genus of louse belonging to the family Trichodectidae.{{cite web |title=IRMNG - Trichodectes Nitzsch, 1818 |url=https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1401624 |website=www.irmng.org |access-date=19 January 2021}}
The genus was described in 1818 by Nitzsch.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.{{cite web |title=Trichodectes Nitzsch, 1818 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1032745 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=19 January 2021 |language=en}}
Species
- 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)