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Checklist for Family Pediculidae Leach, 1817
and region Continents


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
2110
116133
1222976
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
2101
115931
1221959
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1812
113780
1210168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
410
18688
138215
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Phthiraptera
Haeckel, 1896
Sucking and biting lice
24
444
4694
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Anoplura
Leach, 1815
Lice, Sucking lice
15
62
648
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Atentoria
Von Keler, 1966
9
54
631
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pediculoidea
Retana-Salazar, 2006
2
5
49
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPediculidae
Leach, 1817
2
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Continents
2 Genera with 16 Species
Parapediculus Ewing, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Pediculus Linnaeus, 177617SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Continents
16 Species and 3 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 capitis (De Geer, 1778)⇒ Pediculus humanus Linnaeus, 1758
Pediculus cervi (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Lipoptena cervi Linnaeus, 1758
Pediculus chapini (Ewing, 1926)⇒ Parapediculus mjoebergi Ferris, 1916
Pediculus clavicornis Nitzsch, 1864
Pediculus curuccae (Schrank, 1776)⇒ Menacanthus curuccae Schrank, 1776
Pediculus humanus Linnaeus, 1758Body louse
Pediculus humanus capitis (De Geer, 1778)⇒ Pediculus humanus Linnaeus, 1758
Pediculus humanus corporis Retzius, 1783Human body louse
Pediculus humanus humanus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ 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
Pediculus senegalensis Pajot, 1996
Pediculus simiae (Ewing, 1932)⇒ Pediculus schaeffi Fahrenholz, 1910
Pediculus sturni (Schrank, 1776)⇒ Sturnidoecus sturni Schrank, 1776


Links, sources and further information
Pediculidae at artfakta.se
Pediculidae at dyntaxa.se
Pediculidae at gbif.org
Pediculidae at irmng.org
Pediculidae at itis.gov