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    infested with sucking lice is called pediculosis. Pediculus humanus is divided into two subspecies, Pediculus humanus humanus, or the human body louse, sometimes...
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    can be slightly larger than sucking lice, ranging in length from 0.5 to 6 mm (1⁄64 to 15⁄64 in). They are similar to sucking lice in form but the head is...
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    Like other members of the Anoplura, head louse mouthparts are highly adapted for piercing the skin and sucking blood. These mouth parts are retracted into...
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  • commonly as the pygmy hog-sucking louse, is a critically endangered species of insect in the suborder Anoplura, the sucking lice. It is an ectoparasite...
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    Pthirus gorillae or gorilla louse is a species of parasitic sucking louse that afflicts gorillas. It is found in the African continent, specifically in...
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  • distinguish them from true lice, which suck blood. Almost all domestic birds are hosts for at least one species of bird louse. Chickens and other poultry are...
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    The body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus, also known as Pediculus humanus corporis) is a hematophagic ectoparasite louse that infests humans. It is one...
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    horse sucking louse Haematopinus breviculus Haematopinus bufali Haematopinus channabasavannai Haematopinus eurysternus – shortnosed cattle louse Haematopinus...
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    Polyplax spinulosa is a sucking louse (Anoplura) from the genus Polyplax. It occurs worldwide and commonly infects its type host, the brown rat (Rattus...
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    Pediculus humanus humanus Linnaeus, 1758 – the body louse Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer, 1767 – the head louse Pediculus mjobergi Ferris, 1916 Pediculus schaeffi...
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  • rule quite small. The largest known species is the hog louse, Haematopinus suis, a sucking louse that lives on large livestock like pigs and cattle. It...
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    Haematopinus suis, the hog louse, is one of the largest members of the louse suborder Anoplura, which consists of sucking lice that commonly afflict a...
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    modest in size. The largest known species is the hog louse, Haematopinus suis, a sucking louse that lives on large livestock like pigs and cattle. It...
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  • Hoplopleura oryzomydis is a sucking louse that is known from the southern United States, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela. It is known from several oryzomyine...
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    Pedicinus hamadryas is a species of sucking louse. Its typical host is the baboon . "Pedicinus hamadryas". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. David...
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    Hematophagy (redirect from Blood-sucking)
    the sandfly, blackfly, tsetse fly, bedbug, assassin bug, mosquito, tick, louse, mite, midge, and flea. Hematophagous organisms have been used by physicians...
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    affect dogs are Trichodectes canis and Heterodoxus spiniger. The dog sucking louse is Linognathus setosus. Parasites, particularly intestinal worms such...
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    of the Scandentia have scent glands on their throats. A species of sucking louse Docophthirus acinetus is found only on this species, the genus itself...
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  • Microcebus rufus, a mouse lemur of southeastern Madagascar. It is a type of sucking louse that is found on the external ears of the mouse lemur due to the rich...
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    grasslands are maintained so that the pygmy hog can be saved. Pygmy hog-sucking louse Grubb, P. (2005). "Species Porcula salvania". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder...
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  • Hoplopleura hirsuta is a sucking louse that is known from North, Central, and South America. Its main hosts are cotton rats such as Sigmodon hispidus...
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  • stick insect (Dryococelus australis) Glyptotermes scotti Pygmy hog-sucking louse (Haematopinus oliveri) Procryptotermes fryeri Mount Donna Buang wingless...
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  • species of Murinae (Muridae, Rodentia) and its parasitic new species of sucking louse (Insecta, Anoplura). American Museum Novitates 3368:1-50. PDF file of...
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    Argulidae (redirect from Fish Louse)
    mandibles are generally toothed hooks in Branchiurans. The maxillules provide sucking capability, and in the genera Argulus, Chonopeltis, and Dipteropeltis,...
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  • Bovicola bovis (also called Damalinia bovis and the red louse) is a cattle-biting louse found all over the world. It is a common pest of cattle of all...
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  • species of Murinae (Muridae, Rodentia) and its parasitic new species of sucking louse (Insecta, Anoplura). American Museum Novitates 3368:1–50. [6] Chacodelphys...
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    Aphid (redirect from Plant louse)
    Aphids are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Common names include greenfly and blackfly, although individuals within...
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  • pococki: a mite of genus Echinolaelaps, a tick of genus Ixodes, and the sucking louse Polyplax spinulosa. A new species of pseudoscorpion was found on the...
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    little blue cattle louse in the United States and the tubercle-bearing louse in Australia. This louse is the smallest of the sucking lice that occur on...
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    Psocoptera (redirect from Bark louse)
    Pseudomenoponidae Ricinidae Somaphantidae Trimenoponidae Trinotonidae Anoplura (sucking lice) Echinophthiriidae (seal lice) Enderleinellidae Haematopinidae (ungulate...
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