Sucking Lice (Anoplura)
2 obligate human parasites
Head, or body louse
Pubic louse
Two you may want to know about….
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Anoplura have piercing sucking mouthparts
Anoplura
- Sucking Lice
Sucking habit
allows transmission of disease typhus and rickettsia (by head lice).
Mallophaga- Chewing lice
are less of a problem for humans although some bird lice can bite and cause an allergic.