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Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer, 1778

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De Geer, Charles. 1778. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes. Pierre Hesselberg, Stockholm. Vol. t 7: i-xii; 1-950; pls. 1-49.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Psocodea
family
Pediculidae
genus
Pediculus
species
Pediculus humanus

Name

Synonyms
Pediculus capitis de Geer, 1778
Homonyms
Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer, 1778
Common names
Hovedlus in Danish
head louse in English
pou de l'homme in French
Hoofdluis in Dutch

Bibliographic References

  1. BOUTELLIS, A.,BITAM, I.,FEKIR, K.,MANA, N.,RAOULT, D. (Jan-03-2015) Evidence that clade A and clade B head lice live in sympatry and recombine in Algeria http://phthiraptera.info/node/68865
  2. Burmeister. 1834. Rhyngota seu Hemiptera. Nova Acta K. Leop.-Carol. dt. Akad. 16:285-308
  3. Durden & Musser. 1994. The sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura) of the world: a taxonomic checklist with records of mammalian hosts and geographical distributions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 218:50
  4. Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu (11/2012) Is the Head Louse, <i>Pediculus humanus capitis</i> vector of human diseases? http://phthiraptera.info/node/68816
  5. Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu (2008) The louse comb: past and present http://phthiraptera.info/node/61014
  6. Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu,Danilevich, M,Gilead, L (2008) Physician’s knowledge in Israel on the biology and control of head lice (in Hebrew). http://phthiraptera.info/node/61013
  7. Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu,Gunneweg,J.: A head louse egg, <i>Pediculus humanus capitis</i> found in a louse comb excavated in The Christmas Cave, which dates to the 1st c. B.C. and A.D. http://phthiraptera.info/node/61643
  8. Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu,Hadas, G. (2011) Head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) remains in a louse comb from the Roman period excavated in the Dead Sea area of Israel. http://phthiraptera.info/node/61639
  9. Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu,Ingber,A.,Gilead, L (2009) New Insights in pediculosis and scabies http://phthiraptera.info/node/61015
  10. Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu,Ozcelik,S.,Degerli, S.,Malatyali, E.,Celiksoz, A. (2013) The prevalence of Pediculus humanus capitis and the coexistence of intestinal parasites among young children in boarding schools in Sivas, Turkey. http://phthiraptera.info/node/61642
  11. Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu,Ozkan, O.,Sikar Akturk, A.,Mert, K,Bilen, N (2012) Difficulties experienced by families following unsuccessful treatment of pediculosis capitis: The Mothers’ perspective http://phthiraptera.info/node/61641
  12. Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu,Zias,Joseph E. (11/1988) Head lice, Pediculus humanus capitis (Anoplura: Pediculidae) from hair combs excavated in Israel and dated from the first century B.C. to the eighth century A.D.. http://phthiraptera.info/node/68814
  13. Leo, N. P., N. J. H. Campbell, X. Yang, K. Mumcuoglu, and S. C. Barker, 2002: Evidence from Mitochondrial DNA That Head Lice and Body Lice of Humans (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) are Conspecific. Journal of Medical Entomology, vol. 49, no. 4. 662-666.
  14. Palma. 2017. Phthiraptera (Insecta) A catalogue of parasitic lice from New Zealand. Fauna of New Zealand 76:239
  15. Stephen C. Barker,Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu,Burgess,Ian F.,Meinking,Terri A. (2012) International guidelines for clinical trials with pediculicides http://phthiraptera.info/node/61640
  16. de Geer. 1778. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes., Hesselberg, Stockholm 7 vols (1752-1778)
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