Pediculus is a genus of sucking lice, the sole genus in the family Pediculidae. Pediculus species are ectoparasites of primates.
Species include:[1]
Humans are the hosts of Pediculus humanus. Chimpanzees and bonobos host Pediculus shaeffi. Various New World monkeys in the families Cebidae and Atelidae host Pediculus mjobergi.[2]
Pediculus is a genus of sucking lice, the sole genus in the family Pediculidae. Pediculus species are ectoparasites of primates.
Species include:
Pediculus clavicornis Nitzsch, 1864 Pediculus humanus Linnaeus, 1758 Pediculus humanus humanus Linnaeus, 1758 – the body louse Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer, 1767 – the head louse Pediculus mjobergi Ferris, 1916 Pediculus schaeffi Fahrenholz, 1910Humans are the hosts of Pediculus humanus. Chimpanzees and bonobos host Pediculus shaeffi. Various New World monkeys in the families Cebidae and Atelidae host Pediculus mjobergi.
