Anoplura is an order of insects that comprises the sucking lice.

H. A. Kluge has written:

'Management of head lice (anoplura, Pediculidae)' -- subject(s): Pediculosis, Anoplura, Lice

An anopluran is a form of louse of the suborder Anoplura, commonly known as the sucking louse.

Lice are tiny, wingless insects from the orders Anoplura and Mallophaga that are parasitic only to warm-blooded animals. There are three kinds of lice that live specifically on humans. These include the head louse, body or clothes louse, and the "crab" or pubic louse.

There are many insect orders, this may not be all:

A. Protura (proturans) P. Anoplura (sucking lice)

B. Collembola (springtails) Q. Thysanoptera (thrips)

C. Diplura (diplurans) R. Hemiptera (true bugs)

D. Thysanura (silverfish) S. Homoptera (aphids, cicadas, hoppers)

E. Ephemeroptera (mayflies) T. Megaloptera (dobsonflies)

F. Odonata (dragonflies, damselflies) U. Neuroptera (lacewings, antlions)

G. lattodea (cockroaches) V. Coleoptera (beetles)

H. Mantodea (mantids) W. Strepsiptera (Twisted-Wing Parasite)

I. Isoptera (termites) X. Mecoptera (scorpionflies)

J. Grylloblattodea (Ice Insect) Y. Siphonaptera (fleas)

K. Dermaptera (earwigs) Z. Diptera (flies)

L. Plecoptera (stoneflies) AA. Trichoptera (caddisflies)

M. Orthoptera (crickets, grasshoppers, katydids) BB. Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths)

N. Phasmatodea (walking sticks) CC. Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps)

O. Mallophaga (chewing lice)