Rallicola extinctus (Huia Louse)

[Deleted]

Hi !

The extinct Huia-Louse, this was a parasite on the Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris) that is now extinct:



found here:

www.tepapa.govt.nz/TePapa/English/CollectionsAndResearch/Collections/InsectsSpidersAndSimilar/Lice/

[Deleted]

Hi !

Have I posted this here ? It is an insect.

[Melanie]

This is a good question. We have previously classified all extinct lice or louse species into this category.

[Melanie]

But you are right. I will move all lice and louse species to the insect category.

[Deleted]

Thank You !

But still, have I posted it there or did some one moved it to there ?

[Melanie]

I've moved it to other extinct animals as Sebbe has previously created a similar thread in that category. (I had to delete Sebbes threat as it had containt two lices which are not extinct).

[Deleted]

Okay !

I just doubted in my own mind. ;D

[Melanie]

Mey E: Eine neue ausgestorbene Vogel-Ischnozere von Neuseeland,
Huiacola extinctus (Insecta, Phthiraptera). Zoologischer Anzeiger 224:49-73, 1990

The mallophagan Huiacola extinctus gen. et sp. nov. is described from adults, larvae and eggs obtained from a number of stuffed specimens of the extinct New Zealand Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris) housed at various East German museums. Along with the Kiwi (Apteryx)-specific genera Aptericola and Apterygon, Huiacola extinctus was a New Zealand endemic, with the genus belonging to the Rallicolinae (Rallicola complex). Three of the larvae contained feather mites (Analgesoidea) in their proventricle. A list of the 7 other known extinct Mallophaga is provided.



www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19900501395.html;jsessionid=2771D396B748C0739A7F12E6AAC52F56

[koeiyabe]

Buckley, T. R., R. L. Palma, P. M. Johns, D. M. Gleeson, A. C.g. Heath, R. A. Hitchmough, and I. A.n. Stringer. "The Conservation Status of Small or Less Well Known Groups of New Zealand Terrestrial Invertebrates." New Zealand Entomologist 35, no. 2 (June 21, 2012): 137-43. doi:10.1080/00779962.2012.686319.