Pediculus humanus humanus
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SUBSPECIES
- Published in
- Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae. I, lice:610–614.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Psocodea
- family
- Pediculidae
- genus
- Pediculus
- species
- Pediculus humanus
Name
- Synonyms
- Pediculus albidior von Olfers, 1816
- Pediculus assimilis Fahrenholz, 1919
- Pediculus capitis angustus Fahrenholz, 1915
- Pediculus capitis maculatus Fahrenholz, 1916
- Pediculus cervicalis Latreille, 1803
- Pediculus consobrinus Piaget, 1880
- Pediculus corporis angustus Fahrenholz, 1916
- Pediculus corporis de Geer, 1778
- Pediculus corporis marginatus Fahrenholz, 1915
- Pediculus friedenthali Fahrenholz, 1916
- Pediculus humanus americanus Ewing, 1926
- Pediculus humanus chinensis Fahrenholz, 1916
- Pediculus humanus marginatus Fahrenholz, 1916
- Pediculus nigrescens
- Pediculus nigritarum Fabricius, 1805
- Pediculus oblongus Fahrenholz, 1916
- Pediculus pseudohumanus Ewing, 1938
- Pediculus pubescens von Olfers, 1816
- Pediculus tabescentium Alt, 1824
- Pediculus vestimenti Nitzsch, 1818
- Homonyms
- Pediculus humanus humanus
- Common names
- Kropslus in Danish
- body louse in English
- body louse in English
- muquirana in Portuguese
- piojo del cuerpo in Spanish
- piojo humano del cuerpo in Spanish
- piolho do corpo in Portuguese
- pou de l'homme in French
- pou du corps de l’Homme in French
- Kleerluis in Dutch
Bibliographic References
- Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu,Meinking,Terri A.,Danilevich, M,Zelig, O,Grinbaum, H,Michael Friger: The effect of blood group and blood handling on feeding success, longevity and egg production of the body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus
- 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.
- Linnaeus. 1758. Systema naturae. Editio Decima, Reformata. Impensis Direct, L. Salvii, Holmiae. I:610
- Palma. 2017. Phthiraptera (Insecta) A catalogue of parasitic lice from New Zealand. Fauna of New Zealand 76:240