These are small to medium-sized lice. They are usually sexually dimorphic. They have 5-segmented antennae and small, slender, clawed forelegs. Their middle and hindlegs may be almost equal in size, or the hindlegs may be larger.[3]
Members of this family are quite variable based on its current description and molecular data suggest that the family is paraphyletic. It requires study and a revision to make the description of the family as a whole more accurate.[2]
^Classification of Phthiraptera (Anoplura). An Introduction To Entomology. Discoveries in Natural History & Exploration. University of California, Riverside.
^ abcLight, J. E., et al. (2010). Evolutionary history of mammalian sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 10(1), 292.
^ abDurden, L. A. & Webb, J. P. (1999). Abrocomaphthirus hoplai, a new genus and species of sucking louse from Chile and its relevance to zoogeography. 2016-03-04 at the Wayback MachineMedical and Veterinary Entomology, 13(4), 447-452.
^Polyplacidae. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
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polyplacidae, family, lice, suborder, anoplura, sucking, lice, lice, this, family, known, commonly, spiny, lice, family, cosmopolitan, distribution, 2010, there, were, species, eulinognathus, denticulatusscientific, classificationkingdom, animaliaphylum, arthr. Polyplacidae is a family of lice in the suborder Anoplura the sucking lice Lice in this family are known commonly as the spiny rat lice 1 The family has a cosmopolitan distribution As of 2010 there were 193 species 2 PolyplacidaeEulinognathus denticulatusScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder PsocodeaSuborder TroctomorphaInfraorder NanopsocetaeParvorder PhthirapteraSuperfamily AnopluraFamily PolyplacidaeFahrenholz 1912GeneraSee textThese are small to medium sized lice They are usually sexually dimorphic They have 5 segmented antennae and small slender clawed forelegs Their middle and hindlegs may be almost equal in size or the hindlegs may be larger 3 Lice in this family are parasites of many types of small mammals including spiny rats cavies rabbits hares chinchillas bushbabies lemurs squirrels shrews pouched rats treeshrews hyraxes and Oriental dormice 2 Members of this family are quite variable based on its current description and molecular data suggest that the family is paraphyletic It requires study and a revision to make the description of the family as a whole more accurate 2 Genera include 4 Abrocomaphthirus 3 Ctenophthirus Cuyana Docophthirus Eulinognathus Fahrenholzia Galeophthirus Haemodipsus Johnsonpthirus Lagidiophthirus Lemurpediculus Lemurphthirus Linognathoides Mirophthirus Neohaematopinus Phthirpediculus Polyplax Proenderleinellus Sathrax Scipio TyphlomyophthirusReferences Edit Classification of Phthiraptera Anoplura An Introduction To Entomology Discoveries in Natural History amp Exploration University of California Riverside a b c Light J E et al 2010 Evolutionary history of mammalian sucking lice Phthiraptera Anoplura BMC Evolutionary Biology 10 1 292 a b Durden L A amp Webb J P 1999 Abrocomaphthirus hoplai a new genus and species of sucking louse from Chile and its relevance to zoogeography Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine Medical and Veterinary Entomology 13 4 447 452 Polyplacidae Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS Media related to Polyplacidae at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Polyplacidae amp oldid 1054569728, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
