Coloceras restinctus
| Coloceras restinctus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Infraorder: | Phthiraptera |
| Family: | Philopteridae |
| Genus: | Coloceras |
| Species: | †C. restinctus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Coloceras restinctus Tendeiro, 1972 [1]. | |
Coloceras restinctus is an extinct species of bird louse of the genus Coloceras. It was known to live on the Norfolk pigeon, due to its extinction the louse also went extinct due to Coextinction in the early 20th century.
References
[edit source]- ↑ "Coloceras hemiphagae (Norfolk Island Pigeon Louse)" (PDF). Associated Press. 1972.