Trichodectes

Trichodectes is a genus of louse belonging to the family Trichodectidae.

The genus was described in 1818 by Nitzsch.

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

 * Trichodectes baculus (Schömmer, 1913)
 * Trichodectes canis (De Geer, 1778)
 * Trichodectes carnivorus (Springholz-Schmidt, 1935)
 * Trichodectes emersoni (Hopkins, 1960)
 * Trichodectes ermineae (Hopkins, 1941)
 * Trichodectes euarctidos (Hopkins, 1954)
 * Trichodectes galictidis (Werneck, 1934)
 * Trichodectes kuntzi (Emerson, 1964)
 * Trichodectes melis (Fabricius, 1805)
 * Trichodectes mustelae (Schrank, 1803)
 * Trichodectes pinguis (Burmeister, 1838)
 * Trichodectes tigris (Ponton, 1870)
 * Trichodectes vosseleri (Stobbe, 1913)