Pthirus pubis
Translingual
Etymology
The scientific name of the crab louse or pubic louse, Pthirus pubis, is spelled with pth although this is in fact a misspelling that was nevertheless fixed as the official spelling in 1950.[1] The correct spelling would be Phthirus, from Ancient Greek φθείρ (phtheír, “louse”), from φθείρω (phtheírō, “destroy”), and this spelling is used in the scientific name Phthiraptera of the order commonly called lice, to which Pthirus pubis belongs along with more than 5,000 other species.
Proper noun
- A taxonomic species within the family Pthiridae – the crab louse or pubic louse, exclusively a parasite of humans.
Hypernyms
- (species): Phthiraptera - order; Anoplura - suborder; Pthiridae - family
Hyponyms
- (species): Pediculus humanus corporis (body louse), Pediculus humanus capitis (head louse) - subspecies
Coordinate terms
- (species): Pthirus gorillae
See also
- pediculosis pubis
References
crab louse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Pthirus pubis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Pthirus pubis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Pthirus pubis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Pthirus pubis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Pthirus pubis at Encyclopedia of Life
- “Taxonomy of Human Lice”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2017 April 28 (last accessed), archived from the original on 14 April 2020
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