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Pediculus
Sign in to savePediculus is a genus of sucking lice, the sole genus in the family Pediculidae. Pediculus species are ectoparasites of primates.
Species
PHYLUM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderPhthiraptera
- FamilyPediculidae
Observations recorded374,725,944
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 149
- With media
- 42
- Family
- Pediculidae
- Collections
- USNM, PSUC, YPM, MSB, LACM, PU
- Recorded in
- United States, India, Panama, Philippines, United Kingdom, Marquesas, Congo, Sierra Leone
Research
1,633 papers- Pediculus humanus capitis: an update.Acta dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica, et Adriatica · 2008
- Pediculosis.Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2004
- New chemistries for the control of human head lice, Pediculus humanus capitis: A mini-review.Pesticide biochemistry and physiology · 2022
- Prevalence of Pediculus humunus capitis, Pediculus humanus corporis, and Pthirus pubis in Al-Kut, Iraq.Archives of Razi Institute · 2022
- Epidemic typhus.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2008
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- human lice
- Image
- Pediculus humanus capitis CDC0377.png
Show 5 more facts
- taxon name
- Pediculus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Pediculus
- Commons category
- Pediculus
- taxon author citation
- Linnaeus, 1758
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