sucking louse http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85005450 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D000854 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NCBITAXON/30005 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/106775008 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucking_louse https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26870 QL570-QL570.3 Anoplura Blood-feeding ectoparasites of mammals. They only occur on about 20% of all placentalian mammal species, and are unknown from several orders of mammals (Monotremata, Edentata, Pholidota, Chiroptera, Cetacea, Sirenia, and Proboscidea). They can cause localized skin irritations and are vectors of several blood-borne diseases. Children appear particularly susceptible to attracting lice, possibly due to their fine hair. Siphunculata sucking lice louse