Trichodectes

Trichodectes is a genus of louse belonging to the family Trichodectidae.[1]

Trichodectes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phthiraptera
Family: Trichodectidae
Genus: Trichodectes
Nitzsch, 1818

The genus was described in 1818 by Nitzsch.[1]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[2]

Species:[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

  1. "IRMNG - Trichodectes Nitzsch, 1818". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  2. "Trichodectes Nitzsch, 1818". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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