Sucking louse 58302 215915034 2008-05-30T07:20:44Z Allstarecho 2048686 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/124.179.88.222|124.179.88.222]] ([[User talk:124.179.88.222|talk]]) to last version by 165.21.154.92 {{Taxobox | name = Anoplura | image = Pediculus humanus.JPG | image_caption = ''Pediculus humanus'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insecta]] | ordo = [[Phthiraptera]] | subordo = '''Anoplura''' | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = [[Echinophthiriidae]]&nbsp;(seal lice)<br> [[Enderleinellidae]] <br> [[Haematopinidae]]&nbsp;(ungulate lice)<br> [[Hamophthiriidae]]<br> [[Hoplopleuridae]]&nbsp;(armoured lice)<br> [[Hybothiridae]] <br> [[Linognathidae]]&nbsp;(pale lice)<br> [[Microthoraciidae]] <br> [[Neolinognathidae]]<br> [[Pecaroecidae]]<br> [[Pedicinidae]]<br> [[Pediculidae]]&nbsp;(body lice)<br> [[Phthiridae]]&nbsp;(pubic lice)<br> [[Polyplacidae]]&nbsp;(spiny rat lice)<br> [[Ratemiidae]] }} '''Sucking lice''' ('''Anoplura''') have around 500 [[species]] and represent the smaller of the two traditional suborders of [[lice]]. The Anoplura are all blood-feeding [[parasite|ectoparasites]] of [[mammal]]s. They can cause localised skin irritations and are [[vector (biology)|vector]]s of several blood-borne diseases. Children appear particularly susceptible to attracting lice, possibly due to their fine hair. At least three species of Anoplura are parasites of humans; the human condition of being infested with sucking lice is called [[pediculosis]]. ''Pediculus humanus'' is divided into two subspecies, ''Pediculus humanus humanus'', or the [[body louse]], sometimes nicknamed "the seam squirrel" for its habit of laying of eggs in the seams of clothing, and ''Pediculus humanus capitis'', or the [[head louse]]. ''Phthirus pubis'' (the [[pubic lice|pubic louse]]) is the cause of the condition known as [[pubic lice|crabs]]. {{parasite-stub}} <br> {{Human lice}} *See also[[Use of DNA in forensic entomology]] [[Category:Lice]] [[Category:Parasites]] [[de:Tierläuse]] [[eo:Anopluroj]] [[es:Anoplura]] [[fr:Anoploure]] [[lt:Utėlės]] [[sv:Blodsugande löss]] [[pl:Wszy]] [[ru:Платяная вошь]]