Sucking lice (Anoplura, formerly known as Siphunculata) have around 500 species and represent the smaller of the two traditional superfamilies of lice. As opposed to the paraphyletic chewing lice, which are now divided among three suborders, the sucking lice are monophyletic.
The Anoplura are all blood-feeding ectoparasites of mammals. They only occur on about 20% of all placentalian mammal species, and are unknown from several orders of mammals (Monotremata, Edentata, Pholidota, Chiroptera, Cetacea, Sirenia, and Proboscidea).[1] They can cause localized skin irritations and are vectors of several blood-borne diseases. Children appear particularly susceptible to attracting lice, possibly due to their fine hair.
At least three species or subspecies of Anoplura are parasites of humans; the human condition of being infested with sucking lice is called pediculosis. Pediculus humanus is divided into two subspecies, Pediculus humanus humanus, or the human body louse, sometimes nicknamed "the seam squirrel" for its habit of laying of eggs in the seams of clothing, and Pediculus humanus capitis, or the human head louse. Pthirus pubis (the human pubic louse) is the cause of the condition known as crabs.
^Piotrowski, F. (1992): Anoplura (echte Läuse). de Gruiter; 61 pp. (page 8)
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 suckinglouse that afflicts gorillas. It is found in the African continent, specifically in...
commonly as the pygmy hog-suckinglouse, is a critically endangered species of insect in the suborder Anoplura, the sucking lice. It is an ectoparasite...
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...
The body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus, also known as Pediculus humanus corporis) is a hematophagic ectoparasite louse that infests humans. It is one...
Polyplax spinulosa is a suckinglouse (Anoplura) from the genus Polyplax. It occurs worldwide and commonly infects its type host, the brown rat (Rattus...
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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...
rule quite small. The largest known species is the hog louse, Haematopinus suis, a suckinglouse that lives on large livestock like pigs and cattle. It...
modest in size. The largest known species is the hog louse, Haematopinus suis, a suckinglouse that lives on large livestock like pigs and cattle. It...
Hoplopleura oryzomydis is a suckinglouse that is known from the southern United States, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela. It is known from several oryzomyine...
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Microcebus rufus, a mouse lemur of southeastern Madagascar. It is a type of suckinglouse that is found on the external ears of the mouse lemur due to the rich...
the sandfly, blackfly, tsetse fly, bedbug, assassin bug, mosquito, tick, louse, mite, midge, and flea. Hematophagous organisms have been used by physicians...
affect dogs are Trichodectes canis and Heterodoxus spiniger. The dog suckinglouse is Linognathus setosus. Parasites, particularly intestinal worms such...
of the Scandentia have scent glands on their throats. A species of suckinglouse Docophthirus acinetus is found only on this species, the genus itself...
grasslands are maintained so that the pygmy hog can be saved. Pygmy hog-suckinglouse Grubb, P. (2005). "Species Porcula salvania". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder...
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mandibles are generally toothed hooks in Branchiurans. The maxillules provide sucking capability, and in the genera Argulus, Chonopeltis, and Dipteropeltis,...
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aphid (and colloquially known as the green dolphin, pea louse, and clover louse), is a sap-sucking insect in the family Aphididae. It feeds on several species...
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...
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