Felicola isidoroi Perez & Palma, 2001
Iberian lynx louse
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: January 1997 (Pérez & Palma, 2001:930)
Pérez-Jiménez (1990) did not record any lice from
Distribution & Habitat
Iberia, Spain
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype only, adult male.
A nymph of an undetermined louse was also collected from the dead Iberian lynx.
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Pérez, Jesus M. and Palma, Ricardo L. (2001). A new species of Felicola (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae) from the endangered Iberian lynx: another reason to ensure its survival. Biodiversity and Conservation 10: 929-937. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016688529572
Other references:
Anonymous. (12 June, 2014). Científicos piden que se conserve el piojo del lince ibérico. Huelva Información, Medio Ambiente. Andalucía, Spain. https://andaluciainformacion.es/huelva/412790/cientificos-piden-que-se-conserve-el-piojo-del-lince-iberico/
Giggs, Rebecca. (March, 2019). A Parasitic Relationship. The Atlantic 323(2): 16-17.
Jesús M. Pérez. (2024). How many threatened lice are there? An approximation to the red list of the Spanish Phthiraptera. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 23: 100903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.100903
Pérez, J. M., Sánchez, I. and Palma, Ricardo L. (2013). The dilemma of conserving parasites: the case of Felicola (Lorisicola) isidoroi (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae) and its host, the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus). Insect Conservation and Diversity 6: 680-686.
Pérez-Jiménez, J. M., Soler-Cruz, M. D., Benítez-Rodríguez, R., Ruiz-Martínez, I., Díaz-López, M., Palomares-Fernández, F. and Delibes-de Castro, M. (1990). Phthiraptera from some wild carnivores in Spain. Sys. Parasitol. 15: 107-117.