Columbicola Taschenbergi

	Columbicola Taschenbergi ''Columbicola'' is a genus of lice belonging to the family Philopteridae. The species of this genus are found in Europe, Northern America, Southeastern Asia and Australia. Species Species: '' Columbicola adamsi'' '' Columbicola altamimiae'' '' Columbicola asukae'' ''Columbicola columbae ''Columbicola columbae'', also known as the slender pigeon louse, is a species of lice in the genus '' Columbicola''. It is very host-specific, feeding primarily on only 4 different species of birds. ''C. columbae'' are ectoparasites Par ...'' '' Columbicola extinctus'' References Lice {{Louse-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lice Louse (: lice) is the common name for any member of the infraorder Phthiraptera, which contains nearly 5,000 species of wingless parasitic insects. Phthiraptera was previously recognized as an order, until a 2021 genetic study determined that they are a highly modified lineage of the order Psocodea, whose members are commonly known as booklice, barklice or barkflies. Lice are obligate parasites, living externally on warm-blooded hosts, which include every species of bird and mammal, except for monotremes, pangolins, and bats. Chewing lice live among the hairs or feathers of their host and feed on skin and debris, whereas sucking lice pierce the host's skin and feed on blood and other secretions. They usually spend their whole life on a single host, cementing their eggs, called nits, to hairs or feathers. The eggs hatch into nymphs, which moult three times before becoming fully grown, a process that takes about four weeks. Humans host two species of louse—the head lou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Philopteridae Philopteridae is a family (biology), family of feather lice. They are parasite, parasitic on birds, primarily consuming downy feathers. Philopteridae is a highly diverse family with more than 2,700 described species, and constitutes 30% of the order Psocodea, half of all described Phthiraptera (lice), and the majority of parvorder Ischnocera. Most bird groups are infested with members of this family. Different species show convergent morphology, converging on one of a few forms, depending on which area of the host they hide in. Classification The family Philopteridae belongs to the parvorder Ischnocera, of the larger infraorder Phthiraptera, which includes all lice. It was named as a family by Christian Ludwig Nitzsch in 1818. A cladogram showing the position of Philopteridae within Phthiraptera and Psocodea is shown below: Over 2,700 species of Philopteridae have been described, making up 30% of species described in order Psocodea, around half of species described in infraorde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Columbicola Adamsi ''Columbicola'' is a genus of lice belonging to the family Philopteridae. The species of this genus are found in Europe, Northern America, Southeastern Asia and Australia. Species Species: '' Columbicola adamsi'' '' Columbicola altamimiae'' '' Columbicola asukae'' ''Columbicola columbae ''Columbicola columbae'', also known as the slender pigeon louse, is a species of lice in the genus '' Columbicola''. It is very host-specific, feeding primarily on only 4 different species of birds. ''C. columbae'' are ectoparasites Par ...'' '' Columbicola extinctus'' References Lice {{Louse-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Columbicola Columbae ''Columbicola columbae'', also known as the slender pigeon louse, is a species of lice in the genus '' Columbicola''. It is very host-specific, feeding primarily on only 4 different species of birds. ''C. columbae'' are ectoparasites Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The en ..., usually feeding only on the superficial layer of the skin. References Lice Parasites of birds {{Parasite-insect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Columbicola Extinctus ''Columbicola extinctus'', also known as the passenger pigeon chewing louse, is an extant species of phtilopterid louse. It was once believed to have become extinct with its only known host, the passenger pigeon (''Ectopistes migratorius''), prior to its rediscovery living on band-tailed pigeons (''Patagioenas fasciata''). Taxonomy The generic name ''Columbicola'' comes from the Latin words ''columba'', "dove," and ''-cola'', "inhabitant," in reference to the genus's primary hosts. ''Columbicola extinctus'' was originally described by Richard O. Malcomson in 1937. It was originally believed to have only lived on the passenger pigeon, which had been extinct for 23 years by the time of its discovery. Malcomson believed that ''Columbicola extinctus'' had become extinct with its host and gave it the specific name ''extinctus'' to mark this fact. However, by 1999 ''Columbicola extinctus'' had been rediscovered living on the band-tailed pigeon, which is the passenger pigeon's clos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]