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family Pthiridae Ewing, 1929

• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations:
  • Ewing, H. E. 1929. A manual of external parasites. 132 >> Note: New family.
• Type genus:  Pthirus Leach, 1815; priority for family-group names based on Pthirus dates from Pthiridae Ewing, H. E., 1929.  First use as Pthiridae by Ewing, H. E., 1929.

• genus Pthirus Leach, 1815
• species gorillae Ewing, 1927
• species pubis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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