| Iberian lynx louse | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Family: | Trichodectidae |
| Genus: | Felicola |
| Species: | †F. isidoroi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Felicola isidoroi Perez & Palma, 2001 [1] | |
Felicola isidoroi, the Iberian lynx louse, is an extinct species of trichodectid chewing louse.
It is known only from a single specimen, a male. [2] 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. [3] The specimen is slightly larger than males of most of the remaining species within the subgenus Lorisicola. [1] The female has never been seen. The type specimen is in the collection of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid. [2]
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