Rallicola extinctus

Rallicola extinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phthiraptera
Suborder: Ischnocera
Family: Philopteridae
Genus: Rallicola
Species: R. extinctus
Binomial name
Rallicola extinctus
Synonyms

Huiacola extinctus

Rallicola extinctus is an extinct species of phtilopterid louse.[1] This parasite was only known to live on the now extinct huia and is thought to have become extinct with its host.[2] It was initially placed in its own separate genus, Huiacola, which means "huia inhabitant". It was endemic to New Zealand's North Island.

References

  1. Palma, R. L. (1999): Amendments and additions to the 1982 list of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from birds in New Zealand. Notornis 46(3): 373–387. PDF fulltext
  2. Mey, Eberhard (1990): Eine neue ausgestorbene Vogel-Ischnozere von Neuseeland, Huiacola extinctus (Insecta, Phthiraptera). Zoologischer Anzeiger 224(1/2): 49-73. [German with English abstract] PDF fulltext

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