''Geomydoecus'' is a genus of
louse
Louse ( : lice) is the common name for any member of the clade Phthiraptera, which contains nearly 5,000 species of wingless parasitic insects. Phthiraptera has variously been recognized as an order, infraorder, or a parvorder, as a result o ...
in the suborder
Ischnocera
The Ischnocera is a large superfamily of lice. They are mostly parasitic on birds, but including a large family (the Trichodectidae) parasitic on mammals. The genus '' Trichophilopterus'' is also found on mammals (lemurs), but probably belongs ...
. They are parasites of gophers (
Geomyidae).
Species include:
* Subgenus ''Geomydoecus''
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G. fulvescens''
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G. heaneyi''
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G. geomydis''
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G. idahoensis''
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G. oregonus''
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G. pattoni''
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G. veracruzensis''
* Subgenus ''Thaelerius''
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G. jamesbeeri''
References
Lice
Parasitic arthropods of mammals
Parasites of rodents
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