Gliricola porcelli

• Main Authors: Kazim, Abdul-Rahman, Houssaini, Jamal, Tappe, Dennis, Heo, Chong-Chin
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Psocodea; Gyropidae; Gliricola; Gliricola porcelli; Paine; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/7797775; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7797775

Gliricola porcelli (Schrank, 1781) Pediculus porcelli Schrank, 1781: 500, pl. 1: fig.1. Pediculus saviae Schrank, 1803: 186. Unnecessary nomen novum for Pediculus porcelli Schrank, 1781. Pediculus bifurcatus Olfers, 1816: 83. Unnecessary nomen novum for Pediculus porcelli Schrank, 1781. Gyropus gracilis Nitzsch, 1818: 304. Unnecessary nomen novum for Pediculus porcelli Schrank, 1781. Gyropus porcelli perfoliatus Neumann, 1912b: 216. Gyropus bicaudatus Paine, 1912b: 441, pl. 20: fig. 3. Gliricola mexicana Zavaleta, 1946: 435, figs 1A–F. Gliricola porcelli (Schrank, 1781); Werneck 1948: 38. Gliricola porcelli (Schrank, 1781); Price et al. 2003: 76. Type host: Cavia porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Guinea pig. Type locality: Not given in the original description. Malaysian host: Cavia porcellus. Malaysian locality: Ampang (Selangor) Peninsular Malaysia (this paper). Geographical distribution: Worldwide, except Antarctica. Remarks: Gliricola porcelli was collected from a pet guinea pig in a veterinary clinic located in Ampang, Selangor, and identified by the first author (A.- R.K.). This is the first record of G. porcelli from Malaysia. Published as part of 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, pp. 40-60 in Zootaxa 5263 (1) on page 44, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5263.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7797797