Rallicola extinctus

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.

Rallicola extinctus
Conservation status
Extinct (1907) (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Psocodea
Infraorder:	Phthiraptera
Family:	Philopteridae
Genus:	Rallicola
Subgenus:	†Huiacola Mey, 1990
Species:	†R. extinctus
Binomial name
†Rallicola extinctus (Mey, 1990)
Synonyms
Huiacola extinctus Mey, 1990

Taxonomy

It was initially placed in its own separate genus, Huiacola, which means "huia inhabitant", but this is now considered a subgenus.