Phthiraptera

Translingual

Pediculus humanus capitis (human head louse; suborder Anoplura)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φθείρ (phtheír, “louse”) and πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Proper noun

Phthiraptera

A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – the chewing and sucking lice or parasitic lice.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Paraneoptera - clades; Psocodea - superorder

Hyponyms

(order): Amblycera, Anoplura, Ischnocera, Rhyncophthirina - suborders

See also

Psocodea

References

Louse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Phthiraptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Phthiraptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Phthiraptera on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Psocodea at the Tree of Life Web Project
Phthiraptera at the Tree of Life Web Project
Phthiraptera at Encyclopedia of Life

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