Rallicola

Not to be confused with Rallicula.

Rallicola
R. (R.) ortygometrae
Female and male R. (A.) gadowi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Family: Philopteridae
Genus: Rallicola
Johnston & Harrison, 1911
Type species
Nirmus attenuatus
Burmeister, 1838
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Corvicola Carriker, 1949
  • Epipicus Carriker, 1949
  • Furnaricola Carriker, 1944
  • Oncophorus Piaget, 1880 (nec Rudow, 1870)
  • Parricola Harrison, 1915
  • Psophiicola Eichler, 1982

Rallicola is a genus of chewing louse. It is an ectoparasite of rails and other birds. It was named by Thomas Harvey Johnston and Launcelot Harrison in 1911. There are two subgenera aside from the nominotypical subgenus: Aptericola, whose species are found on kiwi birds, and Huiacola, a monospecific subgenus consisting of Rallicola extinctus, once found on the huia.

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