infested with sucking lice is called pediculosis. Pediculus humanus is divided into two subspecies, Pediculus humanus humanus, or the human body louse, sometimes...

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...

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...

Pthirus gorillae or gorilla louse is a species of parasitic sucking louse that afflicts gorillas. It is found in the African continent, specifically in...

Polyplax spinulosa is a sucking louse (Anoplura) from the genus Polyplax. It occurs worldwide and commonly infects its type host, the brown rat (Rattus...

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...

horse sucking louse Haematopinus breviculus Haematopinus bufali Haematopinus channabasavannai Haematopinus eurysternus – shortnosed cattle louse Haematopinus...

The body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus, also known as Pediculus humanus corporis) or the cootie is a hematophagic ectoparasite louse that infests humans...

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...

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...

Pediculus humanus humanus Linnaeus, 1758 – the body louse Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer, 1767 – the head louse Pediculus mjobergi Ferris, 1916 Pediculus schaeffi...

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...

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...

Hoplopleura oryzomydis is a sucking louse that is known from the southern United States, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela. It is known from several oryzomyine...

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...

the sandfly, blackfly, tsetse fly, bedbug, assassin bug, mosquito, tick, louse, mite, midge, and flea. Hematophagous organisms have been used by physicians...

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...

affect dogs are Trichodectes canis and Heterodoxus spiniger. The dog sucking louse is Linognathus setosus. Parasites, particularly intestinal worms such...

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...

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...

species of Murinae (Muridae, Rodentia) and its parasitic new species of sucking louse (Insecta, Anoplura). American Museum Novitates 3368:1-50. PDF file of...

the deer ked or deer fly, is a species of biting fly in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. These flies are commonly encountered in temperate...

Pedicinus hamadryas is a species of sucking louse. Its typical host is the baboon . "Pedicinus hamadryas". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. David...

stick insect (Dryococelus australis) Glyptotermes scotti Pygmy hog-sucking louse (Haematopinus oliveri) Procryptotermes fryeri Mount Donna Buang wingless...

two-spotted cricket (2021) Order Phthiraptera Pediculus humanus, louse (sucking louse; parasite) (2010) Psocoptera Liposcelis brunnea, booklouse (2022)...

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...

mandibles are generally toothed hooks in Branchiurans. The maxillules provide sucking capability, and in the genera Argulus, Chonopeltis, and Dipteropeltis,...

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...

Pedicinus is a genus of sucking louse, the only genus in the family Pedicinidae. Species belonging to this genus are found on Old World monkeys and apes...

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...