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]
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| Pedicinus hamadryas as seen under a light microscope | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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] |
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Pedicinus has been studied on a genetic level by researchers looking for insight into the evolutionary history of their primate hosts.[6]
Species
edit- Pedicinus albidus - Rudow, 1869
- Pedicinus ancoratus - Ferris, 1934
- Pedicinus badii - Kuhn and Ludwig, 1964
- Pedicinus cercocebi - Kuhn and Ludwig, 1967
- Pedicinus colobi - Fahrenholz, 1917
- Pedicinus cynopitheci - Kuhn and Ludwig, 1967
- Pedicinus eurygaster - Burmeister, 1838
- Pedicinus ferrisi - Kuhn and Ludwig, 1965
- Pedicinus hamadryas - Mjöberg, 1910
- Pedicinus miopitheci - Kuhn and Ludwig, 1970
- Pedicinus obtusus - Rudow, 1869
- Pedicinus patas - Fahrenholz, 1916
- Pedicinus pictus - Ferris, 1934
- Pedicinus veri - Kuhn and Ludwig, 1963
Species data retrieved from Integrated Taxonomic Information System.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Pedicinus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Botzler, Richard G.; Brown, Richard N. (2014-08-12). Foundations of Wildlife Diseases. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520276093.
- ^ Gosling, Peter J. (2005-06-24). Dictionary of Parasitology. CRC Press. p. 269. ISBN 9781420019629.
- ^ Taylor, M. A.; Coop, R. L.; Wall, Richard L. (2015-12-03). Veterinary Parasitology. John Wiley & Sons. p. 203. ISBN 9781119073697.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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