- of
jumping, or even
walking efficiently on flat surfaces. The non-disease-carrying head
louse differs from the
related disease-carrying body
louse (Pediculus...
- Psyllidae, the
jumping plant lice or psyllids, are a
family of
small plant-feeding
insects that tend to be very host-specific, i.e. each plant-
louse species...
- crab
louse usually is
found in the person's
pubic hair.
Although the
louse cannot jump, it can also live in
other areas of the body that are
covered with...
- The body
louse (Pediculus hum**** hum****, also
known as
Pediculus hum**** corporis) is a
hematophagic ectoparasite louse that
infests humans. It is one...
-
Epidemic typhus, also
known as
louse-borne typhus, is a form of
typhus so
named because the
disease often causes epidemics following wars and natural...
-
Pthirus gorillae or
gorilla louse is a
species of
parasitic sucking louse that
afflicts gorillas. It is
found in the
African continent,
specifically in...
- Scandinavica. 26. E.J. Brill. Jerinić-Prodanović, D. (2006). A new
jumping louse,
Cacopsylla ulmi Förster (Homoptera, Psyllidae) on elm in Serbia. Acta...
-
debated and
studied for centuries. However, the
number of
cases of
human louse infestations (or pediculosis) has
increased worldwide since the mid-1960s...
- 57–74. doi:10.3897/JHR.41.8681. Jerinić-Prodanović, D. (2006). A new
jumping louse,
Cacopsylla ulmi Förster (Homoptera, Psyllidae) on elm in Serbia. Acta...
- are held tent-like over the body. The legs are
slender and
adapted for
jumping,
rather than gripping, as in the true lice. The
abdomen has nine segments...
