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