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Preferred term

Phthiraptera  

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Entry terms

  • Lice
  • Louse

Note

  • infestation = LICE INFESTATIONS; for killing Phthiraptera with insecticides, see note at INSECTICIDES

Scope note

  • An order of small, wingless parasitic insects, commonly known as lice. The suborders include ANOPLURA (sucking lice); AMBLYCERA; ISCHNOCERA; and Rhynchophthirina (elephant and warthog lice).

History note

  • 2011, 1975-1979

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008003

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