Phthiraptera

Translingual

Pediculus humanus capitis (human head louse; suborder Anoplura)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φθείρ (phtheír, “louse”) and ἄπτερος (ápteros, “wingless”), an alpha privative from πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Proper noun

Phthiraptera

1. 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
• Category:Phthiraptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Phthiraptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Phthiraptera at Encyclopedia of Life