Pedicinus

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Pedicinus
Pedicinus hamadryus.JPG
Pedicinus hamadryas as seen under a light microscope
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Suborder: Troctomorpha
Infraorder: Nanopsocetae
Parvorder: Phthiraptera
Superfamily: Anoplura
Family: Pedicinidae
Enderlein, 1904
Genus: Pedicinus
Gervais, 1844 [1]
Species

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Pedicinus is a genus of sucking louse, the only genus in the family Pedicinidae.[2] Species belonging to this genus are found on Old World monkeys and apes of different kinds.[3][4] Pedicinus, along with its sister genus Pthirus, are believed to have diverged from their common ancestor approximately 22.5-2.5 million years ago.[5]

Pedicinus has been studied on a genetic level by researchers looking for insight into the evolutionary history of their primate hosts.[6]

Species[]

  • - Rudow, 1869
  • - Ferris, 1934
  • - Kuhn and Ludwig, 1964
  • - Kuhn and Ludwig, 1967
  • - Fahrenholz, 1917
  • - Kuhn and Ludwig, 1967
  • - Burmeister, 1838
  • - Kuhn and Ludwig, 1965
  • Pedicinus hamadryas - Mjöberg, 1910
  • - Kuhn and Ludwig, 1970
  • - Rudow, 1869
  • - Fahrenholz, 1916
  • - Ferris, 1934
  • - Kuhn and Ludwig, 1963

Species data retrieved from Integrated Taxonomic Information System.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Pedicinus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ Botzler, Richard G.; Brown, Richard N. (2014-08-12). Foundations of Wildlife Diseases. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520276093.
  3. ^ Gosling, Peter J. (2005-06-24). Dictionary of Parasitology. CRC Press. p. 269. ISBN 9781420019629.
  4. ^ Taylor, M. A.; Coop, R. L.; Wall, Richard L. (2015-12-03). Veterinary Parasitology. John Wiley & Sons. p. 203. ISBN 9781119073697.
  5. ^ David L. Reed; Vincent S. Smith; Shaless L. Hammond; Alan R. Rogers; Dale H. Clayton (2004). "Genetic analysis of lice supports direct contact between modern and archaic humans". PLOS Biology. 2 (11): e340. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0020340. PMC 521174. PMID 15502871.
  6. ^ Scholl, Katlyn; Allen, Julie M.; Leendertz, Fabian H.; Chapman, Colin A.; Reed, David L. (October 2012). "Variable microsatellite loci for population genetic analysis of Old World monkey lice (Pedicinus sp.)". The Journal of Parasitology. 98 (5): 930–937. doi:10.1645/GE-3060.1. ISSN 1937-2345. PMID 22509906. S2CID 25436418.


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