Rallicola extinctus
Rallicola extinctus is an extinct species of phtilopterid louse.[1]
| Rallicola extinctus | |
|---|---|
Extinct (1907) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Family: | Philopteridae |
| Genus: | Rallicola |
| Subgenus: | Huiacola Mey, 1990 |
| Species: | †R. extinctus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Rallicola extinctus (Mey, 1990) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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
- 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 Archived 2009-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- 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 Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
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