Order Phthiraptera

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Order Phthiraptera
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Phthiraptera (classifications)

• Classification 1
• Order Phthiraptera (chewing sucking lice)
• Suborder Amblycera
• Suborder Ischnocera
• Suborder Rhynchophthirina
• Suborder Anoplura

• Classification 2
• Order Mallophaga (chewing lice)
• Suborder Amblycera
• Suborder Ischnocera
• Suborder Rhynchophthirina
• Order Anoplura (sucking lice)

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Phthiraptera (suborder Amblycera)
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Phthiraptera (suborder Ischnocera)
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Phthiraptera (suborder Anopleura)
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Phthiraptera (suborder Anopleura)
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Phthiraptera (suborder Rhynchophthirina)
wharthog louse
elephant louse
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Phthiraptera (biology/ecology)
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Phthiraptera (biology/ecology)
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Phthiraptera (biology/ecology)
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Phthiraptera (fauna)

• World Fauna
• ca. 17 families
• ca. 5000 species
• North American Fauna
• 16 families
• Menoponidae (lab)
• Philopteridae (lab)
• Trichodectidae (lab)
• Pediculidae (lab)
• Pthridae (lab)
• ca. 1000 species

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Phthiraptera Amblycera Menoponidae
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Phthiraptera Ischnocera Philopteridae
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Phthiraptera Ischnocera Trichodectidae
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Phthiraptera Anoplura Pediculidae
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Phthiraptera Anoplura Pthiridae
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Order Phthiraptera
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Phthiraptera Anoplura
phth0003 Pediculus humanus transverse head section
phth0002 Haematopinus suis
phth0004 Anoplura sp.
Borror et al. 1989276 (4) CSIRO 1991423 (3)
Ferris 195192 (2)
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Order Phthiraptera
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Order Phthiraptera
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Phthiraptera Philopteridae
phth0014 (left) Saemundssonia platygaster (right)
Halipeurus diversus
CSIRO 1991422 (14)
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Order Phthiraptera
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Phthiraptera Pediculidae
phth00013 Pediculus humanus
Kim et al. 1986151 (13)
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Phthiraptera Haematopinidae
phth0010 Haematopinus suis
Ferris 195192 (10)
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Order Phthiraptera
phth0005 Menopon stramineum
Essig 1942194 (5)
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Phthiraptera Amblycera
phth0007 (left) Laemobothrion sp. (right)
Ricinidae sp.
Borror et al. 1989278 (7)
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Phthiraptera Ischnocera
phth0008 Eutrichophilus exiguus
Timm Price 199428 (8)
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Order Phthiraptera
phth0006 phthiraptera grasping leg
CSIRO 1991423 (6)