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Definition of Pediculus

Pediculus
Pediculus Pe*dic"u*lus, n.; pl. Pediculi. [L., a louse.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of wingless parasitic Hemiptera, including the common lice of man. See Louse.

Meaning of Pediculus from wikipedia

- Pediculus is a genus of sucking lice, the sole genus in the family Pediculidae. Pediculus species are ectoparasites of primates. Species include: Pediculus...
- The head louse (Pediculus hum**** capitis) is an obligate ectoparasite of humans. Head lice are wingless insects that spend their entire lives on the...
- Pediculus hum**** is a species of louse that infects humans. It comprises two subspecies: Pediculus hum**** hum**** Linnaeus, 1758 – body louse Pediculus...
- The body louse (Pediculus hum**** hum****, also known as Pediculus hum**** corporis) or the cootie is a hematophagic ectoparasite louse that infests humans...
- Olfers, 1816 Ornithobia pallida Meigen, 1830 Ornithomyia nigrirostris Roser, 1840 Pediculus capreoli von Olfers, 1816 Pediculus cervi Linnaeus, 1758...
- human beings belong to two genera, Pediculus and Pthirus: head lice (Pediculus hum**** capitis), body lice (Pediculus hum**** hum****), and pubic lice (Pthirus...
- infested with sucking lice is called pediculosis. Pediculus hum**** is divided into two subspecies, Pediculus hum**** hum****, or the human body louse, sometimes...
- [citation needed] Head lice (Pediculus hum**** capitis) are not known to be vectors of diseases, unlike body lice (Pediculus hum**** hum****), which are...
- approximately 3.3 million years ago. It is more distantly related to the genus Pediculus, which contains the human head and body lice and lice that affect chimpanzees...
- contracts epidemic typhus from the fecal matter of an infected louse (Pediculus hum****), the rickettsia can remain latent and reactivate months or years...