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Anoplura
Leach, 1815
- sucking lice
(insect)
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Entity:
[Phthiraptera]
..[Mallophaga] (Order) - biting lice
..[Anoplura] (Order) - sucking lice
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Arthropoda
-
(Class)
Insecta
Current position
Phthiraptera
([unranked])
Ref:
R.W. Poole et al., 1997
: 16.
Alternative positions
Hemimetabola
(Division)
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
: 591.
Hemipterodea
(Superorder)
Ref:
R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Historical positions
Exopterygota
(Division)
Sharp, 1899
Ref:
M. Chinery, 1997
Phthiraptera
([unranked])
Ref:
R.W. Poole et al., 1997
: 16.
Hemipterodea
(Superorder)
Ref:
R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Hemipterodea
(Superorder)
Ref:
K.C. Kim, 1982
: 406.
Hemimetabola
(Division)
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
: 591.
Number of Subtaxa
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
15f;42g;490s
1990
R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca
~500s
1982
K.C. Kim
: 406
15f;42g;490s
1979
T.I. Storer et al.
7f;250s; †0s
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