Rallicola extinctus

Rallicola extinctus

Taxobox
name = Rallicola extinctus
status = EX
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
ordo = Phthiraptera
subordo = Ischnocera
familia = Philopteridae
genus = "Rallicola"
species = "R. extinctus"
binomial = "Rallicola extinctus"
synonyms ="Huiacola extinctus"

"Rallicola extinctus" is an extinct species of phtilopterid louse.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. [http://www.notornis.org.nz/free_issues/Notornis_46-1999/Notornis_46_3_373.pdf PDF fulltext] ] This parasite was only known to live on the now extinct Huia and is thought to have become extinct with its host.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] [http://www.phthiraptera.org/Publications/0472.pdf PDF fulltext] ] It was initially placed in its own separate genus, "Huiacola", which means "Huia inhabitant". It was endemic to New Zealand's North Island.

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