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]
Phylogeny
A three-gene phylogeny (largely reproduced in a later phylogenomic analysis, which included fewer taxa of this genus) is:[7][8]
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Labels below nodes are estimated divergence times (Mya).
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Light, JE; Smith, VS; Allen, JM; Durden, LA; Reed, DL (22 September 2010). “Evolutionary history of mammalian sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura)”. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10: 292. Bibcode:2010BMCEE..10..292L. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-292. PMC 2949877. PMID 20860811.
- ^ de Moya, Robert S; Yoshizawa, Kazunori; Walden, Kimberly K O; Sweet, Andrew D; Dietrich, Christopher H; Kevin P, Johnson (2021-06-16). Buckley, Thomas (ed.). “Phylogenomics of Parasitic and Nonparasitic Lice (Insecta: Psocodea): Combining Sequence Data and Exploring Compositional Bias Solutions in Next Generation Data Sets”. Systematic Biology. 70 (4): 719–738. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syaa075. ISSN 1063-5157. PMID 32979270.