Anoplura
MESHD000854
An order of insects comprising the sucking lice, which are blood-sucking ectoparasites of mammals. Recognized families include: Echinphthiriidae, Haematopinidae, and Pediculidae. The latter contains the medically important genera affecting humans: PEDICULUS and PHTHIRUS.
Synonyms
- Anopluras
- Sucking Louse
- Louses, Sucking
- Louse, Sucking
- Sucking Louses
- Sucking Lice
- Lices, Sucking
- Lice, Sucking
- Sucking Lices
- Haematopinus
- Linognathus
- Solenopotes
- Solenopote
- Polyplax
- Polyplaxs
- Hoplopleura
- Hoplopleuras
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