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Hog louse

Haematopinus suis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedinsects

The hog louse (Haematopinus suis) is a species in the family Haematopinidae, order Psocodea.

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Quick facts about the hog louse

Weight
Not recorded
Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the hog louse live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the hog louse as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Canary Islands

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the hog louse endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the hog louse classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderPsocodea
  5. familyHaematopinidae
  6. genusHaematopinus
  7. SpeciesHaematopinus suis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Haematopinus adventicus, Haematopinus chinensis, Haematopinus germanus, Haematopinus irritans, Haematopinus sardinensis, Pediculus suis, Pediculus urius

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Hog-sucking louseEnglish
  • Pig louseEnglish
  • Swine louseEnglish
  • veš prasečíCzech
  • SvinelusDanish
  • SchweinelausGerman
  • piojo de cerdoSpanish
  • pou du porcFrench
  • ブタジラミJapanese
  • 돼지이Korean
  • VarkensluisDutch
  • Wesz świńskaPolish
  • Вошь свинаяRussian
  • voš svinskáSlovak
  • svinlusSwedish
  • 豬蝨Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the hog louse

Other species in the same genus Haematopinus.

Buffalo louse

Haematopinus tuberculatus

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the hog louse an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the hog louse as introduced in 1 country: Canary Islands, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the hog louse?

The hog louse (Haematopinus suis) belongs to the family Haematopinidae in the order Psocodea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Hog louse (Haematopinus suis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hog-louse

MLA

“Hog louse (Haematopinus suis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/hog-louse.

BibTeX
@misc{hog_louse_2026,
  title = {Hog louse (Haematopinus suis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hog-louse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}