Pedicinus hamadryus

Taxobox | name = "Pedicinus hamadryas"


image_width = 220px
image_caption = "Pedicinus hamadryas" as seen under a light microscope
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Phthiraptera
familia = Pedicinidae
genus = "Pedicinus"
species = "P. hamadryas"
binomial = "Pedicinus hamadryas"
binomial_authority = Mjöberg, 1910 [ITIS|ID=624729|taxon="Pedicinus hamadryas"]

"Pedicinus hamadryas" is a species of louse. Its typical host is the baboon [cite journal |quotes=no |author=David L. Reed, Vincent S. Smith, Shaless L. Hammond, Alan R. Rogers and Dale H. Clayton |year=2004 |title=Genetic analysis of lice supports direct contact between modern and archaic humans |journal=PLoS Biology |volume=2 |issue=11 |pages=e340 |url=http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.0020340 |doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0020340] .

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