Pedicinus is a genus of sucking louse, the only genus in the family Pedicinidae. Species belonging to this genus are found on Old World monkeys and apes of different kinds. Pedicinus, along with its sister genus Pthirus, are believed to have diverged from their common ancestor approximately 22.5-2.5 million years ago.
Pedicinus has been studied on a genetic level by researchers looking for insight into the evolutionary history of their primate hosts.
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.
Phylogeny A three-gene phylogeny (largely reproduced in a later phylogenomic analysis, which included fewer taxa of this genus) is:
Labels below nodes are estimated divergence times (Mya).
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