Pthirus

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Pthirus
File:Pthirus gorillae.jpg
Pthirus gorillae
File:Pthirus pubis - crab louse.jpg
Pthirus pubis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Phthiraptera
Family:
Pthiridae

Leach, 1817
Genus:
Pthirus

Leach, 1817[1]

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Pthirus is a genus of lice. There are only two extant species.[2] Pthirus gorillae infests gorillas,[3] and Pthirus pubis afflicts humans, and is commonly known as the crab louse or pubic louse.[4] The two species diverged some 3.3 million years ago.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 9: 77.
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External links

  • Data related to Pthirus at Wikispecies


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