Rallicola extinctus

Rallicola extinctus
Conservation status
	Extinct
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
	Huiacola extinctus Mey, 1990;

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[]

^ 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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[Palma-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 Archived 2009-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

[Mey-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 Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine

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