Gyropus ovalis Burmeister 1838

Gyropus ovalis Burmeister, 1838 Gyropus ovalis Burmeister, 1838: 443. Gyropus turbinatus Piaget, 1880: 612, pl. 50: fig. 7. Allogyropus turbinatus (Piaget); Ewing, 1924: 20. Gyropus recifensis Torres, 1938: 279, figs 1–4. Macrogyropus mexicanus Zavaleta, 1946: 438, figs 2G–L. Gyropus ovalis Burmeist...

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Main Authors: Kazim, Abdul-Rahman, Houssaini, Jamal, Tappe, Dennis, Heo, Chong-Chin
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Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7797777
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7797777
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Summary:Gyropus ovalis Burmeister, 1838 Gyropus ovalis Burmeister, 1838: 443. Gyropus turbinatus Piaget, 1880: 612, pl. 50: fig. 7. Allogyropus turbinatus (Piaget); Ewing, 1924: 20. Gyropus recifensis Torres, 1938: 279, figs 1–4. Macrogyropus mexicanus Zavaleta, 1946: 438, figs 2G–L. Gyropus ovalis Burmeister, 1838; Werneck 1948: 53. Gyropus ovalis Burmeister, 1838; Cheah 1988: 25. Gyropus ovalis Burmeister, 1838; 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. 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 pages 44-45, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5263.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7797797