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Exoparasitic arthropoda:

1. Pediculus capitis - Head louse

2. Pediculus pubis - Pubic louse

3. Haematopinus suis - Pig louse

4. Gonoides stylifer - Poultry louse

5. Pulex irritans - “Human Flea” [misnomer - very wide range of hosts]

6. Pulex penetrans - Chigoe Flea/Jigger Flea (also known as a “jigger” - not to be confused with “chiggers”, which are small red mites)

Le Regne Animal Distribue d’Apres son Organisation, pour Servir de Base a l’Histoire Naturelle des Animaux. Georges Cuvier, 1838.

Tagged: cuvier arthropods parasite bugs lice Baron Cuvier 1800s 19th Century natural history entomology mites flea 1838

Posted on October 4, 2011 via Biomedical Ephemera, or: A Frog for Your Boils with 41 notes
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