Pediculus

Pediculus is a genus of sucking lice, the sole genus in the family Pediculidae. Pediculus species are ectoparasites of primates.

Species include:
 * Pediculus clavicornis Nitzsch, 1864
 * Pediculus humanus Linnaeus, 1758
 * Pediculus humanus humanus Linnaeus, 1758 – the body louse
 * Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer, 1767 – the head louse
 * Pediculus mjobergi Ferris, 1916
 * Pediculus schaeffi Fahrenholz, 1910

Humans are the hosts of Pediculus humanus. Chimpanzees and bonobos host Pediculus shaeffi. Various New World monkeys in the families Cebidae and Atelidae host Pediculus mjobergi.