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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Phthiraptera (Parasitic Lice) » Anoplura (Sucking Lice) » Pediculidae

Family Pediculidae

Classification · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Flour Bug Two - Pediculus humanus Lousy Department Store Bug - Pediculus humanus Body Louse - Pediculus humanus - male Found at the office - Pediculus humanus help ID this bug Body Louse-Ventral side - Pediculus humanus Pediculus humanus Pediculus humanus - Pediculus humanus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
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
Remarks
It includes the crab louse, the head louse and the body louse that attack humans.
Print References
(1)
Internet References
University of Florida
Works Cited
1.Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects
Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn. 2004. Brooks Cole.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 7 September, 2007 - 4:10am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 15 January, 2008 - 6:32pm

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