''Campanulotes'' is a genus of lice in the disputed, probably paraphyletic, family
Philopteridae
The Philopteridae are a family of Ischnocera, chewing lice mostly parasitic on birds.
The taxonomy and systematics of the group are in need of revision; the Philopteridae are almost certainly paraphyletic.
Genera
Some notable species are also l ...
, the chewing lice, or in the family
Goniodidae.
It is mostly a genus of
parasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...
s on
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
s.
Some species in the genus may have been cases of
coextinction. The species ''
Campanulotes defectus'' was thought to have been unique to the
passenger pigeon (''Ectopistes migratorius''), an extinct bird from North America, but is now believed to have been a case of a contaminated specimen, as the species is considered to be the still-extant ''
Campanulotes flavus
''Campanulotes'' is a genus of lice in the disputed, probably paraphyletic, family Philopteridae, the chewing lice, or in the family Goniodidae.
It is mostly a genus of parasites on birds.
Some species in the genus may have been cases of coex ...
'' of Australia.
Known species of ectoparasites of the common
rock dove include ''
Campanulotes bidentatus
''Campanulotes'' is a genus of lice in the disputed, probably paraphyletic, family Philopteridae, the chewing lice, or in the family Goniodidae.
It is mostly a genus of parasites on birds.
Some species in the genus may have been cases of coe ...
compar''.
References
* Pigeon lice down under: Taxonomy of Australian Campanulotes (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae), with a description of C. durdeni N. Sp. Roger D. Price, Dale H. Clayton, and Richard J. Adams, Journal of Parasitology: October 2000, Vol. 86, No. 5, pages 948-950
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