Colpocephalum californici
Extinct species of louse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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Colpocephalum californici | |
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Scientific 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 | |
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