for any member of the clade Phthiraptera, which contains nearly 5,000 species of wingless parasitic insects. Phthiraptera has variously been recognized...

contains the two orders Phthiraptera (lice) and Psocoptera (booklice, barklice or barkflies). However, studies have shown that Phthiraptera is in fact nested...

Psocodea in recent literature, with the inclusion of the former order Phthiraptera into Psocodea (as part of the suborder Troctomorpha). These insects first...

1080/00222936008651059. Tandan, B. K. (1972). "The Species of Apterygon (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Amblycera) Parasitic on Kiwis (Apteryx)" (PDF). New Zealand Journal...

The body louse belongs to the phylum Arthropoda, class Insecta, order Phthiraptera and family Pediculidae. There are roughly 5,000 species of lice described...

an order. Despite the greatly differing appearance of parasitic lice (Phthiraptera), they are believed to have evolved from within the former order Psocoptera...

Insects, which are a type of arthropod, are the most numerous group of multicellular organisms on the planet, with over a million species identified so...

humanus capitis De Geer, 1767 – head louse William H. Robinson (2005). "Phthiraptera". Handbook of Urban Insects and Arachnids. Cambridge University Press...

(Yersinia pestis, Bartonella henselae) Plague, Cat scratch fever NA Lice (Phthiraptera, Pediculidae) Bacteria (Borrelia recurrentis, Rickettsia prowazekii,...

Psocodea Suborder: Troctomorpha Infraorder: Nanopsocetae Parvorder: Phthiraptera Superfamily: Anoplura Leach, 1815 Families Echinophthiriidae Enderleinellidae...