lice
Order Phthiraptera
Suborder Anoplura
Mallophaga (Ischnocera, Amblycera, Rhyncopthirina)
Sucking Lice; piercing mouthparts with 3 stylets concealed within a narrow head.
Suborder Anopluran
Biting/Chewing Lice; Mouthparts consist of stout mandibles on the ventral side of their broad heads
Suborder Ischnocera
Suborder Amblycera
Suborder Rhynchopthirina
Exclusively ectoparasites of placental mammals; All claws are same size (w/ “thumb-like” projection)
Suborder Anoplura
“sucking lice”
PS: folds of neck and jowl, ears, flanks, back
Host: pig
Haematopinus suis
PS: head, neck, back, inner surface of upper legs
Host: horse
Haematopinus asini
short-nosed cattle louse
Host: Cattle (Bos taurus)
PS: around ears, tail, horns, top of neck.
Haematopinus eurysternus
long-nosed cattle louse
Linognathus vituli
smallest sucking louse in cattle
Solenopotes capillatus
“little blue cattle louse”
Characterized by having a broad head containing chewing mouthparts and weak legs: ectoparasites of birds and few mammals
Mallophaga group of biting/chewing lice
Head is large and broad and abdomen is barrel-shaped: Mandibles bite vertically
Suborder Ischnocera
Most common and destructive louse in poultry. (eats barbs and barbules)
PS: breast, thighs, and around vent.
Menacanthus stramineus
(chicken body louse / yellow body louse)
Anapluran lice
Suborder Amblycera
One of the largest louse on poultry
Suborder Ischnocera
Gonoides gigas
“large body louse”
warthog louse
Haematomyzus hopinski
elephant louse
Haematomyzus elephantis
how many tarsal claw per leg in Mammalian lice?
1 claw per leg
How many tarsal claw per leg in avian lice?
2 tarsal claws per leg
The only lice with tibial spur/pad
Anaplurans/ Sucking lice
Rodent louse
Prominent antenna
Family Linognathidae
Polyplax spp.
Very broad body (crab-like)
1st leg - small; 2nd & 3rd legs - large
Pthirus pubis
Smallest anapluran lice
Black to blueish-grey in color
Solenopotes
“Tail louse”
Host: Cattle (Bos taurus)
The long hair around the tail, but may also be found around eyes and ears
Haematopinus quadripertusus
buffalo louse
Host: buffalo, yak, cattle
PS: around ears, tail, horns, top of neck
Haematopinus tuberculatus
rat louse
Host: rat
Polyplax spinulosa
