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Crab louse (251 23) Female, from a human host🪲

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SpeciesPsocodeaPthiridae
Arthropods

🪲Crab louse

Pthirus pubis (Linnaeus, 1758)

La ladilla (Pthirus pubis) es un insecto anopluro ectoparásito de los seres humanos, de entre 1-3 mm de longitud, casi redondo, achatado y de color amarillento. La infestación por ladillas se denomina ftiriasis. Es más probable en verano.

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Pthirus pubis
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderPsocodea
  5. ›familyPthiridae
  6. ›genusPthirus
  7. ›speciesPthirus pubis
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  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. suborderAnoplura
  3. familyPthiridae
  4. genusPthirus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. superorderPsocodea
  7. orderPhthiraptera
  8. suborderAnoplura
  9. familyPthiridae
  10. genusPthirus
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