Associate Professor and Associate Curator, Institute of Arthropodology & Parasitology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460, USA
Reference for:
Pediculus humanus
Expert:
Vincent S. Smith
Notes:
Wellcome Trust Junior Research Fellow, Graham Kerr Building, DEEB, IBLS, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ. UK
Reference for:
Pediculus humanus
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Pediculus humanus
Source:
Mammal LouseBASE
Acquired:
2003-02-05
Notes:
http://r4-page.zoology.gla.ac.uk/MammalLouseBase/
Reference for:
Pediculus humanus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Durden, Lance A., and Guy G. Musser
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1994-01-19 / 1994-01-19
Article/Chapter Title:
The sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura) of the world: a taxonomic checklist with records of mammalian hosts and geographical distributions
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 218
Page(s):
90
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0003-0090
Notes:
Reference for:
Pediculus humanus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Leo, N. P., N. J. H. Campbell, X. Yang, K. Mumcuoglu, and S. C. Barker
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2002-07-01 / 2002-07-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Evidence from Mitochondrial DNA That Head Lice and Body Lice of Humans (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) are Conspecific
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Journal of Medical Entomology, vol. 49, no. 4
Page(s):
662-666
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0022-2585
Notes:
Reference for:
Pediculus humanus
Pediculus humanus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Pediculus humanus: Comments
Comment:
Distribution: Cosmopolitan.
Comment:
Type locality: Sweden.
Comment:
Original description/citation, per Durden & Musser (1994): 'Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae, Edition X, p. 610.'
Comment:
Vince S. Smith (personal communication, April 2004) notes that while there is ongoing controversy surrounding the status of human head and body lice (Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer 1778 & Pediculus humanus humanus Linnaeus 1758, respectively), there is a lot of evidence to say that they are not genetically separable. He suggests that they be treated as a single undivided species, rather than as two distinct species or subspecies