What is the parasitic insect with the Latin name Pediculus humanus capitas better known as?
Body louse Body louse The body louse ("Pediculus humanus humanus", sometimes called "Pediculus humanus corporis") is a louse that infests humans. The condition of being infested with head lice, body lice, or pubic lice is known as pediculosis. Body lice are vectors for the transmission of the human diseases epidemic typhus, trench fever, and relapsing fever. The body louse genome sequence analysis was published in 2010. "Pediculus humanus humanus" (the body louse) is indistinguishable in appearance from "Pediculus humanus capitis" (the head louse) but will interbreed only under laboratory conditions. In their natural state, they occupy different habitats and do not usually
Louse the Second World War on the Eastern Front, especially in the Battle of Stalingrad. "Delousing" became a grim euphemism for the extermination of Jews in concentration camps such as Auschwitz under the Nazi regime. In the psychiatric disorder delusional parasitosis, patients express a persistent irrational fear of animals such as lice and mites, imagining that they are continually infested and complaining of itching, with "an unshakable false belief that live organisms are present in the skin". The human body louse "Pediculus humanus humanus" has (2010) the smallest insect genome known. This louse can transmit certain diseases while the human head