Trichodectidae

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 37

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.273680
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6243903
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scientific name	Trichodectidae
status

Treatment

Family Trichodectidae

Trichodectid lice are ectoparasites of mammals including carnivores, hyraxes, rodents, ungulates, and some primates ( Lyal 1985).

References

Lyal, C. H. C. (1985) A cladistic analysis and classification of trichodectid mammal lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 51, 187 - 346.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Phthiraptera
Family	Trichodectidae

Specimens