Felicola

Felicola is a genus of parasitic lice in the family Trichodectidae. There are at least 50 described species in Felicola.

Felicola
Felicola subrostris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Psocodea
Family:	Trichodectidae
Genus:	Felicola Ewing, 1929
Type species
Trichodectes subrostratus Burmeister, 1838

Adult Felicola louse and egg

Species

These 56 species belong to the genus Felicola:

• Felicola acuticeps (Neumann, L. G., 1902) ^{c g}
• Felicola acutirostris (Stobbe, 1913) ^{c g}
• Felicola africanus (Emerson & R. D. Price, 1966) ^{c g}
• Felicola americanus Emerson & R. D. Price, 1983 ^{c g}
• Felicola aspidorhynchus (Werneck, 1948) ^{c g}
• Felicola bedfordi Hopkins, G. H. E., 1942 ^{c g}
• Felicola bengalensis (Werneck, 1948) ^{c g}
• Felicola braziliensis Emerson & R. D. Price, 1983 ^{c g}
• Felicola caffra (Bedford, G. A. H., 1919) ^{c g}
• Felicola calogaleus (Bedford, G. A. H., 1928) ^{c g}
• Felicola congoensis (Emerson & R. D. Price, 1967) ^{c g}
• Felicola cooleyi (Bedford, G. A. H., 1929) ^{c g}
• Felicola cynictis (Bedford, G. A. H., 1928) ^{c g}
• Felicola decipiens Hopkins, G. H. E., 1941 ^{c g}
• Felicola fahrenholzi (Werneck, 1948) ^{c g}
• Felicola felis (Werneck, 1934) ^{c g}
• Felicola fennecus (Emerson & R. D. Price, 1981) ^{c g}
• Felicola genettae (Fresca, 1924) ^{c g}
• Felicola guinlei (Werneck, 1948) ^{c g}
• Felicola helogale Bedford, G. A. H., 1932 ^{c g}
• Felicola helogaloidis (Werneck, 1948) ^{c g}
• Felicola hercynianus Kéler, 1957 ^{c g}
• Felicola hopkinsi Bedford, G. A. H., 1936 ^{c g}
• Felicola inaequalis (Piaget, 1880) ^{c g}
• Felicola juccii (Conci, 1942) ^{c g}
• Felicola laticeps (Werneck, 1942) ^{c g}
• Felicola lenicornis (Werneck, 1948) ^{c g}
• Felicola liberiae Emerson & R. D. Price, 1972 ^{c g}
• Felicola macrurus Werneck, 1948 ^{c g}
• Felicola malaysianus (Werneck, 1948) ^{c g}
• Felicola minimus Werneck, 1948 ^{c g}
• Felicola mjoebergi (Stobbe, 1913) ^{c g}
• Felicola mungos (Stobbe, 1913) ^{c g}
• Felicola neoafricanus (Emerson & R. D. Price, 1968) ^{c g}
• Felicola neofelis Emerson & R. D. Price, 1983 ^{c g}
• Felicola occidentalis (Emerson, 1980) ^{c g}
• Felicola oncae Timm & R. D. Price, 1994 ^{c g}
• Felicola paralaticeps (Werneck, 1948) ^{c g}
• Felicola philippinensis (Emerson, 1965) ^{c g}
• Felicola pygidialis Werneck, 1948 ^{c g}
• Felicola quadraticeps (Chapman, B. L., 1897) ^{c g}
• Felicola rahmi Emerson & Stojanovich, 1966 ^{c g}
• Felicola robertsi Hopkins, G. H. E., 1944 ^{c g}
• Felicola rohani Werneck, 1956 ^{c g}
• Felicola setosus Bedford, G. A. H., 1932 ^{c g}
• Felicola siamensis Emerson, 1964 ^{c g}
• Felicola similis Emerson & R. D. Price, 1983 ^{c g}
• Felicola spenceri Hopkins, G. H. E., 1960 ^{c g}
• Felicola subrostratus (Burmeister, 1838) ^{c g b} (cat biting louse)
• Felicola sudamericanus Emerson & R. D. Price, 1983 ^{c g}
• Felicola sumatrensis (Werneck, 1948) ^{c g}
• Felicola viverriculae (Stobbe, 1913) ^{c g}
• Felicola vulpis (Denny, 1842) ^{c g}
• Felicola wernecki Hopkins, G. H. E., 1941 ^{c g}
• Felicola zeylonicus Bedford, G. A. H., 1936 ^{c g}
• †Felicola isidoroi Perez & Palma, 2001 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Lyal, Ch H.C. (1985). "Phylogeny and classification of the Psocodea, with particular reference to the lice (Psocodea: Phthiraptera)". Systematic Entomology. 10 (2): 145–165. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1985.tb00525.x.

External links

• Media related to Felicola at Wikimedia Commons