Pediculus (lat.) - a genus from the family of lice real . There are around the world.
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Description
Parasites of humans and other primates. They have epidemiological significance. The clothes louse is a carrier of typhus , relapsing fever and other rickettsioses [1] . Includes several species or subspecies, combined into one species. Head and body louses intersect freely and produce fertile offspring, although they have some morphological and biological differences [2] [3] [4] [5] .
Classification
- Pediculus clavicornis Nitzsch, 1864 [6]
- Pediculus humanus Linnaeus, 1758 - Human Louse
- Head louse ( Latin Pediculus humanus capitis )
- Hanging louse ( Latin Pediculus humanus corporis De G. var. Vestimenti , sometimes just Pediculus corporis )
- Pediculus mjobergi Ferris, 1916 [7]
- Pediculus schaeffi Fahrenholz, 1910 [8]
Notes
- ↑ Zakhvatkin Yu. A., Course of General Entomology, Moscow, Kolos, 2001–376 p.
- ↑ Jessica E. Light, Melissa A. Toups, David L. Reed. What is a human head and body lice ? // Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . - 2008. - Vol. 47 - P. 1203–1216 . - DOI : 10.1016 / j.ympev.2008.03.014 . - PMID 18434207 .
- ↑ pediculus . Catalog of Life
- ↑ Pediculus Linnaeus, 1758 (English) according to the United Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS).
- ↑ Pediculus Linnaeus 1758 . faunaeur.org
- ↑ Pediculus clavicornis Nitzsch, 1864 . Catalog of Life
- ↑ Pediculus mjobergi Ferris, 1916 . Catalog of Life
- ↑ Pediculus schaeffi Fahrenholz, 1910 . Catalog of Life
Literature
- Durden, LA; Musser, GG 1994: The sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura) of the world: a taxonomic checklist with records of mammalian hosts and geographic distributions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, (218): 1–90.