Haematopinus

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title: "Haematopinus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["lice", "taxonomy-articles-created-by-polbot"] description: "Genus of lice" topic_path: "general/lice" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haematopinus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of lice ::

| image = Wildschweinlaus oben.jpg | image_caption = Haematopinus apri | display_parents = 5 | parent_authority = Enderlein, 1904 | taxon = Haematopinus | authority = Leach, 1815 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = see text

Haematopinus is a genus of insects in the superfamily Anoplura, the sucking lice. It is the only genus in the family Haematopinidae, known commonly as the ungulate lice. All known species are of importance in veterinary medicine. Species infest many domesticated and wild large mammals, including cattle, horses, donkeys, swine, water buffalo, African buffalo, antelope, zebra, deer, and camels. The Haematopinus tuberculatus is suspected to be involved in the transmission of diseases, such as anaplasmosis. The parasites are found infesting buffaloes in greater concentrations around the ears, base of horns, side of the neck, around the scrotum or udder, and especially at the tip of the tail. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Haematopinus_tuberculatus.tif" caption="''[[Haematopinus tuberculatus]]'' dorsal view"] ::

Species include:

• Haematopinus acuticeps
• Haematopinus apri
• Haematopinus asini – horse sucking louse
• Haematopinus breviculus
• Haematopinus bufali
• Haematopinus channabasavannai
• Haematopinus eurysternus – shortnosed cattle louse
• Haematopinus gorgonis
• Haematopinus jeannereti
• Haematopinus latus
• Haematopinus longus
• Haematopinus ludwigi
• Haematopinus meinertzhageni
• Haematopinus nigricantis
• Haematopinus oliveri – pygmy hog sucking louse
• Haematopinus oryx
• Haematopinus phacochoeri
• Haematopinus quadripertusus – cattle tail louse
• Haematopinus suis – hog louse
• Haematopinus taurotragi
• Haematopinus tuberculatus

References

References

1. (2021). "Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0".
2. Scofield, A., et al. (2012). [http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S1984-29612012000300027&script=sci_arttext Infestation by ''Haematopinus quadripertusus'' on cattle in São Domingos do Capim, state of Pará, Brazil.] ''Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária'' 21(3), 315-18.
3. [https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/179152 Haematopinidae (ungulate lice).] Uniprot.
4. These lice are some of the most economically important [[parasitism
5. (2018-06-04). "Prevalence and risk factors associated with ectoparasite infestation of buffaloes in an Amazonian ecosystem". Parasites & Vectors.
6. (2020). "Bubalus bubalis: A Short Story". Frontiers in Veterinary Science.
7. (June 2013). "Lice Outbreak in Buffaloes: Evidence of Anaplasma marginale Transmission by Sucking Lice Haematopinus tuberculatus". Journal of Parasitology.
8. [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=186057 ''Haematopinus''.] Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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