Philopteroides xenicus
Extinct avian parasitic louse species
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Philopteroides xenicus, also known as the bushwren louse, is an extinct avian parasitic louse species of the genus Philopteroides.[1] It was known to have lived on the bushwren, so it went co-extinct with the bushwren in the mid 1900s.[2]
| Philopteroides xenicus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Infraorder: | Phthiraptera |
| Family: | Philopteridae |
| Genus: | Philopteroides |
| Species: | P. xenicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Philopteroides xenicus Mey, 2004 | |
