Ratemiidae

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Ratemiidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Suborder: Troctomorpha
Infraorder: Phthiraptera
Parvorder: Anoplura
Family: Ratemiidae
Kim & Ludwig, 1978

Ratemiidae is a family of lice within Anoplura (sucking lice) [1] that is a parasite of Perissodactyla (horses and other odd toed ungulates). [2] Ratemiidae is capable of transferring diseases such as typhus to their hosts. These lice are found primarily in China. [3]

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Ecology and evolution

Ratemiidae are a family of lice (Psocodea) within the super-family Anoplura, which entails the sucking lice. [4] These lice have one genus (Ratemia) that consist of two species both of which are obligate parasites of horses. [2]

Distribution

Ratemiidae is endemic to the Xinjiang province of China. [3]

Diseases transmission

Ratemiidae are capable of transferring the bacteria that causes typhus to their host. [1] This is done when a louse pierces the skin of its host and begins to suction out blood, in the process the louse's saliva is injected, along with the bacteria, into the host. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kim, Ke Chung, "Blood-sucking lice (Anoplura) of small mammals: True parasites", Micromammals and Macroparasites, Tokyo: Springer Japan, pp. 141–160, ISBN   978-4-431-36024-7 , retrieved 2025-03-20
  2. 1 2 Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France); naturelle (France), Muséum national d'histoire (1982). Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. Vol. t.123:no.1 (1982). Paris: Éd. du Muséum.
  3. 1 2 Durden, Lance (1994). "The sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura) of the world: a taxonomic checklist with records of mammalian hosts and geographical distributions" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ Kim, Ke Chung; Ludwig, Herbert W. (1978). "The family classification of the Anoplura". Systematic Entomology. 3 (3): 249–284. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00120.x. ISSN   1365-3113.
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