Published December 31, 2004
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Pediculus humanus subsp. capitis De Geer
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Description
Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer
Anderson Co., Pendleton, 30 June 1998; Charleston Co., Charleston, 10 October 1991; Chester Co., Chester, 12 August 1996; Edgefield Co., Edgefield, 4 September 1992; Greenville Co., Greer, 14 June 1993; Orangeburg Co., Orangeburg, 7 May 1996; Pickens Co., Six Mile, 20 May 1996; York Co., Rock Hill, unlisted date.
The human head louse is the only commonly reported louse of humans in South Carolina. This louse frequently infests children especially during the school year. The human head louse is still common in South Carolina and infests people throughout the state.
Notes
Published as part of Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A. & Wrenn, William J., 2004, Ectoparasitic chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae, Leeuwenhoekiidae), lice (Phthiraptera), and Hemiptera (Cimicidae and Reduviidae) from South Carolina, U. S. A., pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 647 on page 11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158298
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- De Geer
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Phthiraptera
- Family
- Pediculidae
- Genus
- Pediculus
- Species
- capitis
- Taxon rank
- subSpecies