Anoplura (Sucking Lice)

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pediculus humanus humanus - Pediculus humanus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Psocodea (Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice)

No Taxon (Phthiraptera (Parasitic Lice))

No Taxon Anoplura (Sucking Lice)

Numbers

Nearctica lists 9 families.

Identification

Wingless, flat-bodied. Resemble chewing lice but the head is narrower than the thorax. Mouthparts are fitted for piercing skin and sucking blood.

Food

Parasites of mammals. Most species are restricted to one or a few hosts.

Life Cycle

Simple metamorphosis.

Remarks

Some are vectors of serious diseases in humans and some domestic animals.

[Note: This guide page was copied from another with contributions from Boris Büche and Beatriz Moisset.]

Print References

(1)

Internet References

Tree of Life.

Kansas State University.

Works Cited

1.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 12 October, 2009 - 11:48am

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