Pthirus
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Pthirus | |
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Pthirus gorillae | |
Pthirus pubis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phthiraptera |
Family: | Pthiridae Leach, 1817 |
Genus: | Pthirus Leach, 1817[1] |
Pthirus is a genus of lice. There are only two extant species.[2] Pthirus gorillae infests gorillas,[3] and Pthirus pubis afflicts humans, and is commonly known as the crab louse or pubic louse.[4]
References
- ↑ Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 9: 77.
- ↑ May R. Berenbaum (2009). The earwig's tail: a modern bestiary of multi-legged legends. Harvard University Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-674-03540-9.
- ↑ David L. Reed, Jessica E. Light, Julie M. Allen & Jeremy J. Kirchman (2007). "Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropoid primate lice". BMC Biology 5: 7. doi:10.1186/1741-7007-5-7. PMC 1828715. PMID 17343749.
- ↑ Ronald P. Rapini, Jean L. Bolognia & Joseph L. Jorizzo (2007). Dermatology. St. Louis, Missouri: Mosby. ISBN 1-4160-2999-0.
External links
- Data related to Pthirus at Wikispecies
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