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Pthirus pubis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomenclature (14)

  • Pediculus pubis Linnaeus, 1758: 611.
  • Pthirus inguinalis Leach, 1815: 77.
  • Pthirus pubis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Durden & Musser, 1994: 76. Phylogeny
  • Pthirus pubis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Palma, 2017: 241. Phylogeny

Nomenclature references (11)

  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae. I, lice:610–614.
  • Leach, W.E. (1815) Entomology. In The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Edinburgh. Vol. 9.
  • von Olfers, J.F.M. (1816) De vegetativis et animatis corporibus in corporibus animatis reperiundis commentarius. Taberna Libraria Maureriana, Berlin, Vol. 1, 113 pp. [1818] Available at https://www.google.com/books/edition/De_vegetativis_et_animatis_corporobis_in/YKM5AAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
  • Enderlein, G. (1904) Lause-Studien. Uber der Morphologie, Klassifikation und systematische Stellung der Anopluren nebst Bemerkungen zur Systematik der Insektenordnungen. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 28(4), 121–147.
  • Escomel, E. & Velando, L.A.C. (1935) Un nuevo Pthyrius parasita de las pestanas del hombre. 52, 335–339.
  • Fahrenholz, H. (1939) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Anopluren. IV. Mitteilungen aus dem Entomologischen Verein Bremen, 26, 32–47.
  • Bouvier, G. (1944) Note sur quelques oeufs d'ectoparasites se rencontrant sur les animaux domestiques (Anoplura et Mallophaga). Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde, 86, 378–385.
  • Van Den Broek, E. (1977) De luizen (Anoplura and Mallophaga) van zoogdieren in Nederland. 121, 1–32.
  • Kim, K.C., Pratt, H.D. & Stojanovich, C.J. (1986) In The sucking lice of North America--An illustrated manual for identification. The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park and London. xii + 241 pp.
  • Durden, L.A. & Musser, G.G. (1994) The sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura) of the world: a taxonomic checklist with records of mammalian hosts and geographical distributions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 218, 1–90. Available at http://https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/825
  • Palma, R.L. (2017) Phthiraptera (Insecta) A catalogue of parasitic lice from New Zealand. Fauna of New Zealand, 76, 1–400. Available at http://https://www.biotaxa.org/fnz/article/view/33546

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1056