Rallicola extinctus
Extinct species of louse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Rallicola extinctus | |
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Scientific 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) | |
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