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Pediculus
Pediculus is a genus of sucking lice, the sole genus in the family Pediculidae. Pediculus species are ectoparasites of primates.
Pediculus | |
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Head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Psocodea |
Suborder: | Troctomorpha |
Infraorder: | Nanopsocetae |
Parvorder: | Phthiraptera |
Superfamily: | Anoplura |
Family: | Pediculidae Leach, 1817 |
Genus: | Pediculus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Species | |
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Species include:[1]
- Pediculus clavicornis Nitzsch, 1864
- Pediculus humanus Linnaeus, 1758
- Pediculus humanus humanus Linnaeus, 1758 – the body louse
- Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer, 1767 – the head louse
- Pediculus mjobergi Ferris, 1916
- Pediculus schaeffi Fahrenholz, 1910
Humans are the hosts of Pediculus humanus. Chimpanzees and bonobos host Pediculus shaeffi. Various New World monkeys in the families Cebidae and Atelidae host Pediculus mjobergi.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Pediculus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ "Pediculus". Phthiraptera.info. Retrieved 15 August 2017.