Rallicola extinctus
Extinct species of louse
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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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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Infraorder: | Phthiraptera |
| Family: | Philopteridae |
| Genus: | Rallicola |
| Subgenus: | †Huiacola Mey, 1990 |
| Species: | †R. extinctus |
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| †Rallicola extinctus (Mey, 1990) | |
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Taxonomy
It was initially placed in its own separate genus, Huiacola, which means "huia inhabitant", but this is now considered a subgenus.
