''Polyplax'' is a genus of
lice
Louse ( : lice) is the common name for any member of the clade Phthiraptera, which contains nearly 5,000 species of wingless parasitic insects. Phthiraptera has variously been recognized as an order, infraorder, or a parvorder, as a result o ...
belonging to the family
Polyplacidae
Polyplacidae is a family of lice in the suborder Anoplura, the sucking lice. Lice in this family are known commonly as the spiny rat lice. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution. As of 2010 there were 193 species.Light, J. E., et al. (2010 ...
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The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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Species:
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Polyplax abyssinica''
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Polyplax acomydis''
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Polyplax alaskensis''
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Polyplax antennata''
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Polyplax arvicanthis''
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Polyplax asiatica''
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Polyplax auricularis''
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Polyplax biseriata''
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Polyplax blanfordi''
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Polyplax borealis''
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Polyplax brachyrrhyncha''
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Polyplax brachyuromyis''
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Polyplax bullimae''
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Polyplax bureschi''
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Polyplax calomysci''
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Polyplax caluri''
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Polyplax cannomydis''
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Polyplax chinensis''
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Polyplax cummingsi''
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Polyplax cutchicus''
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Polyplax dacnomydi''
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Polyplax dacnomydis''
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Polyplax dentaticornis''
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Polyplax deomydis''
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Polyplax dolichura''
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Polyplax ellobii''
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Polyplax eropepli''
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Polyplax expressa''
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Polyplax gerbilli
''Polyplax'' is a genus of lice belonging to the family Polyplacidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*''Polyplax abyssinica''
*''Polyplax acomydis''
*''Polyplax alaskensis''
*''Polyplax antennata''
*''Polyplax arvicanth ...
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Polyplax gracilis''
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Polyplax grammomydis''
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Polyplax grammomys''
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Polyplax guatemalensis''
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Polyplax hannswrangeli''
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Polyplax hoogstraali''
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Polyplax hopkinsi''
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Polyplax humae''
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Polyplax hurrianicus''
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Polyplax indica''
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Polyplax insulsa''
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Polyplax jonesi''
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Polyplax kaiseri''
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Polyplax kondana''
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Polyplax longus''
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Polyplax melasmothrixi''
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Polyplax meridionalis''
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Polyplax miacantha''
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Polyplax myotomydis''
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Polyplax nesomydis''
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Polyplax opimi''
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Polyplax otomydis''
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Polyplax oxyrrhyncha''
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Polyplax paradoxa''
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Polyplax parataterae''
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Polyplax phloemydis''
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Polyplax phloeomydis''
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Polyplax phthisica''
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Polyplax plesia''
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Polyplax praecisa''
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Polyplax praomydis''
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Polyplax pricei''
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Polyplax qiuae''
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Polyplax reclinata''
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Polyplax rhizomydis''
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Polyplax roseinnesi''
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Polyplax serrata''
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Polyplax sindensis''
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Polyplax smallwoodae''
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Polyplax solivaga''
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Polyplax spinigera''
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Polyplax spinulosa
''Polyplax spinulosa'' is a sucking louse (Anoplura) from the genus ''Polyplax''. It occurs worldwide and commonly infects its type host, the brown rat (''Rattus norvegicus''), and related species like the black rat (''Rattus rattus''), ''Rattus ...
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Polyplax steatomydis''
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Polyplax stephensi''
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Polyplax subtaterae''
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Polyplax tarsomydis''
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Polyplax taterae''
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Polyplax thamnomydis''
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Polyplax vacillata''
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Polyplax vicina''
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Polyplax visenda''
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Polyplax wallacei''
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Polyplax waterstoni''
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Polyplax werneri''
References
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Polyplacidae