Colpocephalum californici

Colpocephalum californici
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Family: Menoponidae
Genus: Colpocephalum
Species:
C. californici
Binomial name
Colpocephalum californici
Price & Beer, 1963

Colpocephalum californici, the California condor louse,[1] is an extinct species of chewing louse which parasitized the California condor (Gymnogyps californianus). In an example of coextinction, it became extinct when the remaining, Critically Endangered California condors were deloused and treated with pesticides during a captive breeding program.

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