| Trichodectidae | |
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| Felicola sp. with egg | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Suborder: | Troctomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Nanopsocetae |
| Parvorder: | Phthiraptera |
| Superfamily: | Ischnocera |
| Family: |
Trichodectidae Kellogg, 1896 |
| Type genus | |
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Trichodectes Nitzsch, 1818
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Trichodectidae is a family of louse in the suborder Ischnocera. Its species are parasites of mammals. The following 19 genera are recognized:
- Bovicola Ewing, 1929
- Cebidicola Bedford, 1936
- Damalinia Mjöberg, 1910
- Dasyonyx Bedford, 1932
- Eurytrichodectes Stobbe, 1913
- Eutrichophilus Mjöberg, 1910
- Felicola Ewing, 1929
- Geomydoecus Ewing, 1929
- Lutridia Kéler, 1938
- Neotrichodectes Ewing, 1929
- Paratrichodectes Lyal, 1985
- Procavicola Bedford, 1932
- Procaviphilus Bedford, 1932
- Protelicola Bedford, 1932
- Stachiella Kéler, 1938
- Thomomydoecus Price & Emerson, 1972
- Trichodectes Nitzsch, 1818
- Tricholipeurus Bedford, 1929
- Werneckodectes Conci, 1946