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Lice as insect pests
Name(s):
Anoplura
Nature
Anoplura are the sucking lice that live in the hair of mammals and feed upon their blood. They are parasitic upon man, his domestic animals, dogs and wild animals.
Broader
Insect pests
Household pests
Insect vectors of disease
Parasites of the human body
Narrower
Pediculosis
Related
Threatened species of Anoplura
Aggravates
Typhus fevers
Insect bites and stings
Aggravated by
Louse resistance to insecticides
Value(s)
Pestiferousness
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems