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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Taxonomic Hierarchy
  2. Psocodea
  3. Anoplura
  4. Pediculidae
  5. Pediculus
  6. Pediculus humanus

Preferred term

Pediculus humanus

Type

  • Organism

Broader concept

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Related concepts

Synonyms

  • body lice
  • body louse
  • human body lice
  • human body louse
  • Pediculus corporis
  • Pediculus humanus corporis
  • Pediculus humanus humanus

Has taxonomic rank

In other languages

  • Pediculus humanus

    Spanish

  • body lice
  • body louse
  • human body lice
  • human body louse
  • Pediculus corporis
  • Pediculus humanus corporis
  • Pediculus humanus humanus

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/18352

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