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Pedicinus
Sign in to savePedicinus 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.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 109
- With media
- 55
- Family
- Pedicinidae
- Collections
- USNM, NHMUK, PSUC
- Recorded in
- [Not Stated], Nigeria, Mauritius, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Romania
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pedicinus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.