Trichodectidae

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|taxon=Trichodectidae

|authority=Kellogg, 1896{{cite journal|last1=Kellogg|first1=Vernon L.|title=New Mallophaga, I,—with special reference to a collection made from maritime birds of the Bay of Monterey, California|journal=Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences|date=1896|volume=6|page=63|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16072336|series=Second Series}}

|type_genus=Trichodectes

|type_genus_authority=Nitzsch, 1818

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Trichodectidae is a family of louse in the parvorder Trichodectera. Its species are parasites of mammals.{{cite journal|last1=Lyal|first1=C. H. C.|title=A cladistic analysis and classification of trichodectid mammal lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera)|journal=Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)|date=1985|volume=51|issue=3|pages=187–346|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2634557|series=Entomology Series}}

Classification

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.{{Cite journal|last1=de Moya|first1=Robert S|last2=Yoshizawa|first2=Kazunori|last3=Walden|first3=Kimberly K O|last4=Sweet|first4=Andrew D|last5=Dietrich|first5=Christopher H|last6=Kevin P|first6=Johnson|date=2021-06-16|editor-last=Buckley|editor-first=Thomas|title=Phylogenomics of Parasitic and Nonparasitic Lice (Insecta: Psocodea): Combining Sequence Data and Exploring Compositional Bias Solutions in Next Generation Data Sets|url=https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/70/4/719/5912026|journal=Systematic Biology|language=en|volume=70|issue=4|pages=719–738|doi=10.1093/sysbio/syaa075|pmid=32979270|issn=1063-5157|doi-access=free}}

Below is a cladogram showing the position of Trichodectidae within Phthiraptera:

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List of genera

The following 19 genera are recognized:{{cite book|last1=Price|first1=Roger D.|last2=Hellenthal|first2=Ronald A.|last3=Palma|first3=Ricardo L.|last4=Johnson|first4=Kevin P.|last5=Clayton|first5=Dale H.|title=The Chewing Lice: World Checklist and Biological Overview|date=2003|pages=252–275|chapter=Trichodectidae|series=Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publication|volume=24}}{{cite web|title=Trichodectidae|url=http://phthiraptera.info/category/chewing-lice/trichodectidae|website=Phthiraptera.info|access-date=7 February 2018|language=en|archive-date=24 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924035433/http://phthiraptera.info/category/chewing-lice/trichodectidae|url-status=dead}}

Bovicola {{small|Ewing, 1929}}
Cebidicola {{small|Bedford, 1936}}
Damalinia {{small|Mjöberg, 1910}}
Dasyonyx {{small|Bedford, 1932}}
Eurytrichodectes {{small|Stobbe, 1913}}
Eutrichophilus {{small|Mjöberg, 1910}}
Felicola {{small|Ewing, 1929}}
Geomydoecus {{small|Ewing, 1929}}
Lutridia {{small|Kéler, 1938}}
Neotrichodectes {{small|Ewing, 1929}}
Paratrichodectes {{small|Lyal, 1985}}
Procavicola {{small|Bedford, 1932}}
Procaviphilus {{small|Bedford, 1932}}
Protelicola {{small|Bedford, 1932}}
Stachiella {{small|Kéler, 1938}}
Thomomydoecus {{small|Price & Emerson, 1972}}
Trichodectes {{small|Nitzsch, 1818}}
Tricholipeurus {{small|Bedford, 1929}}
Werneckodectes {{small|Conci, 1946}}

References

Category:Lice

Category:Insect families