Gyropus ovalis Burmeister, 1838

Kazim, Abdul-Rahman, Houssaini, Jamal, Tappe, Dennis & Heo, Chong-Chin, 2023, An annotated checklist of the chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera, Amblycera Rhynchophthirina) from domestic and wild mammals in Malaysia, Zootaxa 5263 (1), pp. 40-60 : 44-45

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.1.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7797777
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scientific name	Gyropus ovalis Burmeister, 1838
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Gyropus ovalis Burmeister, 1838 View in CoL View at ENA

Gyropus ovalis Burmeister, 1838: 443 View in CoL .

Gyropus turbinatus Piaget, 1880: 612 View in CoL , pl. 50: fig. 7.

Allogyropus turbinatus (Piaget) View in CoL ; Ewing, 1924: 20.

Gyropus recifensis Torres, 1938: 279 View in CoL , figs 1–4.

Macrogyropus mexicanus Zavaleta, 1946: 438 View in CoL , figs 2G–L.

Gyropus ovalis Burmeister, 1838 View in CoL ; Werneck 1948: 53.

Gyropus ovalis Burmeister, 1838 View in CoL ; Cheah 1988: 25.

Gyropus ovalis Burmeister, 1838 View in CoL ; Price et al. 2003: 77.

Type host: “Savia [sic] cobaya ” = Cavia porcellus ( Linnaeus, 1758) — Guinea pig .

Type locality: Not given in the original description.

Malaysian host: Cavia porcellus .

Malaysian locality: Ipoh (Perak) Peninsular Malaysia ( Cheah 1988).

Geographical distribution: Worldwide, except Antarctica.

Remarks: Commonly known as the oval guinea pig louse, Gyropus ovalis was reported from laboratory guinea pigs in the Veterinary Research Institute, Ipoh, by Cheah (1988). This is the only record of G. ovalis in Malaysia.