[Taxacom] Pediculus humanus and other names for the human body and head louse

[David Redei]

Part VIII of Ferris' publication series "Contributions toward a monograph
of the sucking lice" (Stanford Univ. Publ. Biol. Sci. 2(8): 529-634; 1935)
contains a complete list of names ever used in the genus Pediculus. The
later monograph of Ferris ("The sucking lice", Mem. Pacific Coast Ent. Soc.
1; 1951) contains a concise summary of the main findings of the 1935 paper,
presents a synonymy list, and a good discussion of Pediculus spp. ascribed
to man (p. 261-272). These are essential publications on this topic. I do
not think there were many species described after 1951 which were later
synonymized with P. humanus, perhaps none, but if anyone is aware of later
synonyms, I would be interested.

David Redei

On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 at 20:35, Jorge A. Santiago-Blay via Taxacom <
taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> wrote:

> *Pediculus humanus* and other names for the human body and head louse
>
> Hi Taxacomers:
>
> *Pediculus humanus *was described by Linnaeus in 1758 (older names exist
> but, for the purposes of animal nomenclature, the 1758 name is the one that
> marks the beginning).  Besides the paper by Nuttall (1919) entitled (in
> part), "The systematic position, synonymy..." published in *Parasitology*
> 11(3-4):329-346, is there a more recent work with a comprehensive synonymy
> of the names used for the human body louse and human head louse?
>
> If you have a constructive suggestion, please, email me directly,
> blayjorge at gmail.com
> Apologies in advance for potential duplicate emails.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jorge
>
> Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, PhD
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