Felicola isidoroi, the Iberian lynx louse, is an extinct species of trichodectid chewing louse.

Extinction

It was known only from a single specimen, a male. In an example of conservation-induced extinction, it likely died out when the last survivors of its host species, the Iberian lynx, were taken into captivity and de-loused. The specimen was slightly larger than males of most of the remaining species within the subgenus Lorisicola. The female has never been seen. The type specimen is in the collection of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid.

Felicola isidoroi

See also

Colpocephalum californici

Conservation biology of parasites

Conservation-induced extinction

References

Insects described in 2001

Lice

Ectoparasites

Parasitic arthropods of mammals

Extinct invertebrates since 1500

Species made extinct by human activities

Species known from a single specimen

Felicola isidoroi