Philopteroides xenicus

Philopteroides xenicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Infraorder: Phthiraptera
Family: Philopteridae
Genus: Philopteroides
Species:
P. xenicus
Binomial name
Philopteroides xenicus
Mey, 2004

Philopteroides xenicus, also known as the bushwren louse, is an extinct avian parasitic louse species of the genus Philopteroides.[1] It was known to have lived on the bushwren, so it went co-extinct with the bushwren in the mid 1900s.[2]

References

  1. ^ "NZTCS". nztcs.org.nz. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  2. ^ Rózsa, L., & Vas, Z. (2015). Co-extinct and critically co-endangered species of parasitic lice, and conservation-induced extinction: should lice be reintroduced to their hosts?. Oryx, 49(1), 107-110.
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