ANOPLURA
(lice)

Subtaxon		Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images
PEDICULIDAE human lice		Family	1 subtaxa	3 images
	Pediculus humanus Human Louse	Species	1 subtaxa	3 images
POLYPLACIDAE a family of sucking lice		Family	1 subtaxa	4 images
	Polyplax a genus of sucking lice	Genus	1 subtaxa	4 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Suborder	ANOPLURA (lice)
Order	PHTHIRAPTERA (sucking lice, louse)
Division	Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

ANOPLURA is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	Avery, R.A.	1974	Identification of Animal Parasites	Hulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.
	Denny, H.	1842	Monographia Anoplurorum Britannia; or, an essay on the British species of parasitic insects belonging to the order Anoplura of Leach	262pp, H. G. Bohn, London
	Pratt, H.D. et al		Lice (Anoplura)	https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/docs/pictorial_keys/lice-anoplura.pdf
	Pratt, H.D. et al		Lice - anoplura:	https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/docs/pictorial_keys/lice-anoplura.pdf

ANOPLURA (lice) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PHTHIRAPTERA
(sucking lice, louse)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 17 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ANOPLURA (lice)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

ANOPLURA is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)