Haematopinus


Haematopinus

(hē'mă-tō-pī'nŭs), An important genus of sucking lice (family Haematopinidae) affecting swine and other domestic and wild animals; it is normally nonpathogenic. Haematopinus asini affects horses, mules, and asses; Haematopinus eurysternus and Haematopinus quadripertusus, cattle; and Haematopinus suis, swine. [G. haima, blood, + L. pinus, pine tree]