Rallicola pilgrimi Clay, 1972:74
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Stringer & Hitchmough, 2012)
Distribution
North & South Islands, New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Clay, Theresa. (1972). The species of Rallicola (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) parasitic on kiwis (Apteryx). New Zealand Journal of Science 15(1): 70-76.
Other references:
Buckley, Thomas R., Palma, Ricardo L., Johns, Peter Malcolm, Gleeson, Dianne M., Heath, A. C. G., Hitchmough, R. A. and Stringer, I. A. N. (2012). The conservation status of small or less well known groups of New Zealand terrestrial invertebrates. New Zealand Entomologist 35(2): 137-143. https://doi.org/10.1080/00779962.2012.686319 [Supplemental Material]
Hitchmough, R. A., Bull, L. and Cromarty, P. (compilers). (2007). New Zealand Threat Classification System lists—2005. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 194 pp.
Rozsa, Lajos and Vas, Zoltán. (2015). Co-extinct and critically co-endangered species of parasitic lice, and conservation-induced extinction: Should lice be reintroduced to their hosts? Oryx 49: 107-110. 10.1017/S0030605313000628
Stringer, I. A. N. and Hitchmough, R. A. (2012). Assessing the conservation status of New Zealand’s native terrestrial invertebrates. New Zealand Entomologist 35(2): 77-84.