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Species Pediculus humanus - Human Louse

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Subphylum Hexapoda - Hexapods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Psocodea - Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice
No Taxon Phthiraptera (Parasitic Lice)
No Taxon Anoplura (Sucking Lice)
Family Pediculidae
Genus Pediculus
Species humanus - Human Louse

Subspecies capitis - Head Louse
Subspecies humanus - Body Louse