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Genus Pedicuhis Linnaeus 



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

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

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

 deriein, 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 — Pedicuhis mjbbergi, new name. From Ateleus sp. ? 

 (traveling menagerie, Europe). 



1910. Pediculus afUnis (not of Burmeister), Mjoberg, 



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



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



from Ateleus ater (locality unknown) and from Cebus fa- 



tuellus and Cebus sp. (Rio de Janeiro, S. America). 



1758. Pediculus humanus Linnaeus, Syst. Naturae, 



10th ed., p. 610. 

 1778. Pediculus humanus var. I, Linnaeus, ibid., 12th 



ed., Vol. 2, p. 1016. 

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

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



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

 p. 66. 



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

 3, p. 305. 



1842. Pediculus capitis Denny, Mon. AnopL, pp. 13- 



16; pi. 26, f. 2. 

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



pi. 1, f. 1-2. 

 1880. Pediculus capitis Piaget, Les Ped., pp. 619-623; 



pi. 50, f. 2. 

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



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



f. 3-4. 

 3 — Pediculus consobrinus Piaget. From Ateleus paniscus 

 (Museum Leyden). 



1880. Pediculus consobrinus Piaget, Les. Ped., pp. 



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



