Columbicola extinctus (Malcomson, 1937:55)
Passenger pigeon chewing louse
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Mallophaga extinctus Malcomson, 1937:55 (original combination)
Conservation Status
Last record: before c. 1:00PM, 1 September 1914
Rediscovered before 4 January 1999 (Clayton & Price, 1999:685)
Distribution
North America
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Malcomson, R. O. (1937). Two new species of Mallophaga. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 30: 53-56.
Other references:
Clayton, Dale H. and Price, Roger D. (1999). Taxonomy of the New World Columbicola (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from the Columbiformes (Aves), with descriptions of five new species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 92(5): 675-685.
Dunn, Robert R. (2009). Coextinction: anecdotes, models, and speculation, pp. 167-180. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.