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Checklist of Family Pediculidae Leach, 1817
for America (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1308
49520
421464
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1302
49454
421283
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1167
48637
416604
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
256
7283
52243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Phthiraptera
Haeckel, 1896
Sucking and biting lice
21
279
2637
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Anoplura
Leach, 1815
Lice, Sucking lice
12
37
233
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Atentoria
Von Keler, 1966
9
34
228
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pediculoidea
Retana-Salazar, 2006
2
4
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPediculidae
Leach, 1817
2
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for America
2 Genera with 9 Species
Parapediculus Ewing, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Pediculus Linnaeus, 19108SpeciesTaxom


Species list for America
9 Species and 1 Subspecies
Parapediculus mendezi (Retana-Salazar, 2003)⇒ Pediculus mendezi Retana Salazar, 2003
Parapediculus mjoebergi Ferris, 1916
Pediculus (Parapediculus) atelophilus (Ewing, 1926)⇒ Parapediculus mjoebergi Ferris, 1916
Pediculus chapini (Ewing, 1926)⇒ Parapediculus mjoebergi Ferris, 1916
Pediculus humanus Linnaeus, 1758Body louse
Pediculus humanus capitis (De Geer, 1778)⇒ Pediculus humanus Linnaeus, 1758
Pediculus mendezi Retana Salazar, 2003
Pediculus mjobergi Ferris, 1916
Pediculus pseudohumanus (Ewing, 1938)⇒ Pediculus humanus Linnaeus, 1758
Pediculus schaeffi Fahrenholz, 1910


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