@article {39514,
	title = {Evidence from double infestations for the specific status of human head and body lice (Anoplura)},
	journal = {Systematic Entomology},
	volume = {3},
	year = {1978},
	month = {1978},
	pages = {1 - 8},
	abstract = {<p>Samples of head and body lice obtained from Ethiopians suffering from double infestations were mounted on microscope slides and measured. The mean length of body lice (f 4.4 mm; m 3.8mm) was greater than that of head lice (f 3.5 mm; m 2.9 mm), but the best discriminate was the length of the tibia of the middle leg (f 425/296 mm; m 421/291 mm). No intermediate specimens were found in these double infestations, although intermediates can be produced experimentally by cross-mating. Since populations of head lice and body lice remain distinct it is concluded that they represent two distinct species, Pediculus capitis De Geer and P. humanus Linneaus.</p>
},
	keywords = {clinical, Ethiopia, Pediculus},
	url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/1064.pdf},
	author = {Busvine,James R.}
}
