Pediculus

Pediculus is a genus of sucking lice, the sole genus in the family Pediculidae. Pediculus species are ectoparasites of primates.

Pediculus
Head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phthiraptera
Suborder: 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
  1. "Pediculus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  2. "Pediculus". Phthiraptera.info. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
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