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Pthirus
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Pthirus is a genus of lice. There are only two extant species, and they are the sole known members of the family Pthiridae. Pthirus gorillae infests gorillas, and Pthirus pubis afflicts humans, and is commonly known as the crab louse or pubic louse. The two species diverged some 3.3 million years ago.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderPsocodea
- FamilyPthiridae
사면발니속(Pthirus)은 이목에 속하는 속의 하나이다. 사면발니과(Pthiridae, 표준어: 사면발닛과)의 유일속이다. 현존하는 2종만을 포함하고 있다. 고릴라사면발니(Pthirus gorillae)는 고릴라를 감염시키며, 사면발니(Pthirus pubis)는 사람을 감염시킨다.
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Research
226 papers- Pthirus pubis (pubic louse).Trends in parasitology · 2025
- Dermoscopic observation of Pthirus pubis.JAAD case reports · 2024
- Pthirus pubis Infestation of an Ear.Acta dermato-venereologica · 2025
- What's eating you? Pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).Cutis · 2008
- Pediculosis.Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2004
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Pthirus is a genus of lice. There are only two extant species, and they are the sole known members of the family Pthiridae. Pthirus gorillae infests gorillas, and Pthirus pubis afflicts humans, and is commonly known as the crab louse or pubic louse. The two species diverged some 3.3 million years ago.
Since 1958 the generic name Pthirus has been spelled with pth rather than phth, despite this being based on a misspelling of the Greek-derived phthirus.