Rallicola extinctus

Rallicola extinctus is an extinct species of phtilopterid louse.[2] The parasite was only known to live on the now extinct huia and is thought to have become extinct with its host.[3] Like its host, it was endemic to New Zealand's North Island.

Rallicola extinctus

Extinct (1907) (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
  • Huiacola extinctus Mey, 1990

Taxonomy

It was initially placed in its own separate genus, Huiacola, which means "huia inhabitant", but this is now considered a subgenus.

References
  1. "Rallicola extinctus. NZTCS". nztcs.org.nz. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. 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
  3. 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
  • Article containing an image of R. extinctus.


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