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The Systematic Position, Synonymy and Iconography of Pediculus humanus and Phthirus pubis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

George H. F. Nuttall
Affiliation:
(From the Quick Laboratory, University of Cambridge.)

Extract

The lice which infest man belong to the order Anoplura Leach 1817, containing two sub-orders, (i) Siphunculata Meinert 1891 and (ii) Mallophaga Nitzsch 1818. The family Pediculidae Leach is included in the Siphunculata1. Owing to the confusion which still persists in the literature regarding the nomenclature and systematic position of the two sub-orders of Anoplura, it appears expedient to review the evidence upon which the statement contained in the preceding paragraph is based.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1919

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