''Haematopinus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

insect Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three ...

s in the superfamily

Anoplura Sucking lice (Anoplura, formerly known as Siphunculata) have around 500 species and represent the smaller of the two traditional superfamilies of lice. As opposed to the paraphyletic chewing lice, which are now divided among three suborders, ...

, the sucking lice. It is the only genus in the family Haematopinidae,Scofield, A., et al. (2012)
Infestation by ''Haematopinus quadripertusus'' on cattle in São Domingos do Capim, state of Pará, Brazil.
''Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária'' 21(3), 315-18. known commonly as the

ungulate Ungulates ( ) are members of the diverse clade Ungulata which primarily consists of large mammals with hooves. These include odd-toed ungulates such as horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs; and even-toed ungulates such as cattle, pigs, giraffes, ...

lice. All known species are of importance in

veterinary medicine Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...

. These lice are some of the most economically important

ectoparasites Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson ha ...

of domestic animals.Meleney, W. P. and K. C. Kim. (1974)
A comparative study of cattle-infesting ''Haematopinus'', with redescription of ''H. quadripertusus'' Fahrenholz, 1916 (Anoplura: Haematopinidae).
''The Journal of Parasitology'' 60(3), 507-22. Species infest many domesticated and wild large mammals, including

cattle Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, cloven-hooved, herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus ''Bos''. Adult females are referred to as cows and adult ma ...

horse The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million yea ...

s, donkeys, swine,

water buffalo The water buffalo (''Bubalus bubalis''), also called the domestic water buffalo or Asian water buffalo, is a large bovid originating in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Today, it is also found in Europe, Australia, North America, So ...

, African buffalo, antelope,

zebra Zebras (, ) (subgenus ''Hippotigris'') are African equines with distinctive black-and-white striped coats. There are three living species: the Grévy's zebra (''Equus grevyi''), plains zebra (''E. quagga''), and the mountain zebra (''E. zebr ...

deer Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the re ...

, and camels. The species '' Haematopinus tuberculatus'' has great importance in the

breading, since this louse is specific to buffaloes, being the main ectoparasite of the species, with important sanitary and economic burden. 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. Species include:''Haematopinus''.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). *'' 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 ''Haematopinus suis'', the hog louse, is one of the largest members of the louse suborder Anoplura, which consists of sucking lice that commonly afflict a number of mammals. ''H. suis'' is found almost solely on the skin surface of swine ...

'' – hog louse *'' Haematopinus taurotragi'' *'' Haematopinus tuberculatus''

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