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human lice

family of insects
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q4116982

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
monotypic taxon
Described by source
Otto's encyclopedia[5]
Parent taxon
Phthiraptera[3]
Taxon name
Pediculidae[4]
Taxon rank
family[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Pediculidae en human lice ar قملة ar قملية ar قمل ar قمل الإنسان de Pediculidae de Menschenläuse de Menschenlaus fr pou fr Poux nl mensenluizen ro Pediculide ru Pediculus humanus ru Вошь человеческая ru Вошь человечья ru человеческая вошь sv Människolus zh 虱科
🔖 Identifiers · 35
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Headlice.jpg ↗
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Pediculidae
BOLD Systems taxon ID
1867
Biblissima authority ID
Centerville
BugGuide taxon ID
143725
Catalogue of Life ID
8MPHB
Dyntaxa ID
2000998
EPPO Code
1PEDIF
Encyclopedia of Life ID
1014
Fauna Europaea ID
11987
Fauna Europaea New ID
5538b7a4-305c-46e5-b36b-980feb2ece79
GBIF taxon ID
7930
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Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/121vr5vp
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
pediculid
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0274692
INaturalist taxon ID
47438
IRMNG ID
111204
ITIS TSN
103347
Insects (Insecta) of the World ID
948014
Interlingual Index ID
i46956
Museum-digital tag ID
29065
NBIC scientific name ID
126583
NBN System Key
NBNSYS0000160639
NCBI taxonomy ID
121221
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
170083
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
52991451-e22a-49bd-95bf-ca30a27bb9eb
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
5980
Open Tree of Life ID
1034019
Plazi ID
C2738789-771C-EC1F-6D3C-FE95FBFF5019
Psocodea Species File ID (old)
1223831
Topic's main category
Category:Pediculidae
UMLS CUI
C1058378
Vikidia article ID
fr:Pou
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
02186766-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/41516e28-f0f3-4ae7-8d32-777d6a08de9e

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 1
monotypic taxon
Parent taxon 1
Phthiraptera
Taxon rank 1
family
Topic's main category 1
Category:Pediculidae
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Pediculidae
← Parent taxon 1
Pediculus
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Summary

human lice is a monotypic taxon[1].

References

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  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Insects (Insecta) of the World ID → 948014
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Insects (Insecta) of the World ID: 948014, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269296|batch #269296]]"
  2. 11w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual Index ID → i46956
    WordNet 3.1 Synset ID → 02186766-n
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47825|batch #47825]]: OENN batch"
  3. 14w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Phthiraptera
    Instance of → —
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority ID: Q292651, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
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