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Head louse

The head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) is an obligate ectoparasite of humans. Head lice are wingless insects that spend their entire lives on the human scalp and feed exclusively on human blood. Humans are the only known hosts of this specific parasite, while chimpanzees and bonobos host a closely related species, Pediculus schaeffi. Other species of…

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Adult morphology

AnopluraAnatomical terms of locationThoraxHeadAbdomen
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Overview

ObligateEctoparasiteHumansInsectsScalp
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Eggs and nits

OviparousEggsChitinProteinsKeratin
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Development and nymphs

PhthirapteraHemimetabolousMoultInstarsImago
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Head louse

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related to External links · 17
Head louse → Archived, Australia, Can Trust Archived, Centers, Disease Control, Division, Head Lice Information SheetUniversity, Head Lice Resources You, IFAS Featured Creatures Web, Louse, Nebraska, Parasitic Diseases Archived, Prevention, UF, Wayback Machine, Wayback Machinebody, Wayback MachineJames Cook University
related to Development and nymphs · 16
Head louse → Aside, Death, During, Failure, Head, In, Like, Metamorphosis, Newly, Nymph, Outside, Phthiraptera, The, This, Thus, Whether
related to Head · 7
Head louse → Anoplura, Eyes, Head, Like, One, Pediculidae, These
related to Genome · 5
Head louse → An, For, Indeed, The, Unlike
related to Factors affecting infestation · 3
Head louse → Children, Girls, The

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head lice eggs louse hair host egg body two species humans legs nit female adult also pediculus blood nits humanus

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fleas in spending their entire lifecycle on a hostinstance ofOther species of lice infest most orders of mammals and all orders of birds.Lice differ from other hematophagic ectoparasites0.80text
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Head louserelated to Development and nymphsPhthiraptera0.60section
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Head louserelated to Development and nymphsMetamorphosis0.60section
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Head louserelated to Development and nymphsNymph0.60section
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