Detailed Record for Pediculus humanus humanus

Common Name: Human body louse

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Phthiraptera / Sub Order Anoplura / Family Pediculidae / Genus Pediculus

C-value (pg): 0.11

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Brain

Standard Species: Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18pg

References:
Johnston, J.S., K.S. Yoon, J.P. Strycharz, B.R. Pittendrigh, and J.M. Clark (2007). Body lice and head lice (Anoplura: Pediculidae) have the smallest genomes of any hemimetabolous insect reported to date. Journal of Medical Entomology 44: 1009-1012.

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