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Genus Pcdiculus Linn^us 



Linnaeus, Systema Naturse, ed. 10, p. 610 (1758); Denny, 

 Mon. Anopl., pp. 12-13 (1842); Giebel, Ins. Epizoa, pp. 

 27-30 (1874) ; Piaget, Les Fed., pp. 619-623 (1880) ; En- 

 derlein, Zool. Anz., Vol. 28, pp. 136, 138 (1904). 

 Head short. Legs all of approximately the same size. Ab- 

 domen elongated. Spiracles small. Abdominal segments 

 without lateral projections, and with numerous small spines. 

 Type of the genus P. capitis De Geer. 



1 — Pediculns mjohcrgi, new name. From Atelcus sp. ? 

 (traveling menagerie, Europe). 



1910. Pcdiculus aifinis (not of Burmeister), Mjoberg, 



Ark. f. Zool., Vol. 6, pt. 13, pp. 169-171, f. 85. 



2 — Pcdiculus capitis De Geer. From man. Also recorded 



from Atelcus ater (locality unknown) and from Cehus fa- 



tuelhis and Cehus sp. (Rio de Janeiro, S. America). 



1758. Pcdiculus humanus Linnaeus, Syst. Naturos, 



10th ed., p. 610. 

 1778. Pcdiculus humauus var. I, Linnaeus, ibid., 12th 



ed., Vol. 2, p. 1016. 

 1778. Pcdiculus humanus var. capitis De Geer, Mem. 

 Hist. Ins., Vol. 7, p. 67; pi. 1, f. 6. 



1817. Pcdiculus cervicalis Leach, Zool. Misc., Vol. 3, 

 p. 66. 



1818. Pcdiculus capitis Nitzsch, Germar's Mag., Vol. 

 3, p. 305. 



1842. Pcdiculus capitis Denny, Mon. Anopl., pp. 13- 



16;pl. 26, f. 2. 

 1874. Pcdiculus capitis Giebel, Ins. Epizoa, pp. 30-32; 



pi. 1, f. 1-2. 

 1880. Pcdicidus capitis Fiaget, Les Fed., pp. 619-623; 



pi. 50, f. 2. 

 1912. Pcdiculus capitis Fahrenholz, Jahresb. d. Nie- 



dersach. Zool. Ver., pp. 2-12 :t. f. 1, 3, 7, pi. 3, 



f. 3-4. 

 3 — Pcdiculus consohrinus Fiaget. From Atelcus paniscus 

 (Museum Leyden). 



1880. Pcdiculus cousohriuus Fiaget, Les. Fed., pp. 



626-628; pi. 51, f. 4. 



