Biology:Pthirus
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| Pthirus gorillae | |
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| Pthirus pubis | |
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| Family: | Pthiridae Leach, 1817
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| 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]
Since 1958 the generic name Pthirus has been spelled with pth rather than phth, despite this being based on a misspelling of the Greek-derived phthirus.[6]
References
- ↑ Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 9: 77.
- ↑ May R. Berenbaum (2009). The earwig's tail: a modern bestiary of multi-legged legends. Harvard University Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-674-03540-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=FOlpPl_15csC&pg=PA27.
- ↑ David L. Reed; Jessica E. Light; Julie M. Allen; Jeremy J. Kirchman (2007). "Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropoid primate lice". BMC Biology 5: 7. doi:10.1186/1741-7007-5-7. PMID 17343749. PMC 1828715. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/7.
- ↑ Ronald P. Rapini, Jean L. Bolognia & Joseph L. Jorizzo (2007). Dermatology. St. Louis, Missouri: Mosby. ISBN 1-4160-2999-0.
- ↑ Weiss RA (2009). "Apes, lice and prehistory". J. Biol. 8: 20. doi:10.1186/jbiol114. PMID 19232074.
- ↑ Taxonomy of Human Lice
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7257036 entry
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