Pedicinus

Pedicinus
	Pedicinus hamadryas as seen under a light microscope
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phthiraptera
Suborder:	Anoplura
Family:	Pedicinidae
Genus:	Pedicinus; Gervais, 1844 [1]
Species
	See text

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

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

"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.

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[ITIS-1] "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.