ENTO 35-45 Flashcards
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Lice or kuto
Order PHTHIRAPTERA
Lice are classified into two suborders:
- Anoplura – sucking lice
- Mallophaga – biting lice
Lice with head elongate and narrower than the thorax, parasites of mammals only, usually host specific, and blood suckers with piercing stylets
Anoplura
This lice family has no eyes, temporal angles present, legs almost equal in size, paratergal plates present, has one row of hairs on each abdominal segment
Family Haematopinidae
Haematopinidae of swine
Haematopinus suis
Haematopinidae of horse
Haematopinus asini
Haematopinidae of caranao and buffaloes
Haematopinus tuberculatus
Haematopinidae of Luzon brown deer
Haematopinus nigricantis
This lice family has no paratergal plates, smaller and more slender than Haematopinus, temporal angles present, legs unequal, the first pair being the smallest
Family Linognathidae
Haematopinidae of cattle
Haematopinus quadriperstus & Haematopinus eurysternus
Linognathidae of cattle
Solenopotes capillatus
Linognathidae of cattle (long-nosed cattle louse)
Linognathus vituli
Linognathidae of goats
Linognathus africanus & Linognathus stenopsis
Linognathidae of sheeps
Linognathus pedlis & Linognathus ovillus
Linognathidae of dogs
Linognathilus setosus
this family has eyes present, legs almost equal, paratergal plates present
Family Pediculidae
human head louse
Pediculus humanus capitis
human body louse
Pediculus corporis
body louse of macaque
Pedicinus eurygaster
body louse of monkey, baboons
Pedicinus obtusus
crab louse or pubic louse of man and may occur in the pubic region, may also occur in the armpit, eyelashes, eyebrows, beard, mustache
Phthirus pubis
body louse of gorilla
Phthirus gorillae
family with paratergal plates project apically from the body. Tergal and sterna plates usually distinct
Family Hoplopleuridae
hoplopleuridae of mouse
Polyplax serrata