Pediculus

Taxonavigation

Pediculus humanus

Taxonavigation: Anoplura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Allotriocarida Classis: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Ordo: Psocodea Subordo: Troctomorpha Infraordo: Nanopsocetae Subinfraordinal group: Phthiraptera Superfamily group: Anoplura

Familia: Pediculidae
Genus: Pediculus
Species (3): P. humanus – P. mjobergi – P. schaeffi

Name

• Pediculus Linnaeus, 1758: 610

References

• Durden, L.A.; Musser, G.G. 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) Handle Reference page.  Full article (PDF)