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    Species Accepted

    Gyropus ovalis Burmeister, 1838

    oval guinea pig louse

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 3 countries or islands

      3 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      AustriaNo
      PolandNo
      United States of AmericaNo

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      3 results
      Meerschweinchenlaus German
      oval guinea pig louse English
      カビアマルハジラミ Japanese

      Treatments

      3 results

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      6 results
      Zavaleta, D. (1946) Dos nuevas especies de la familia Gyropidae encontradas en los cuyes de Mexico. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional de Mexico, 16, 435 - 444.
      Torres, S. (1938) Sobre um parasito (Mallophaga -- Gyropidae) de Cavia cobaya (Gyropus recifensis n. sp. ou G. ovalis N.2.). 8, 279–282, 4 pls.
      Piaget, E. (1880) Les Pediculines. Essai monographique. In Les Pediculines. Essai monographique. E. J. Brill, Leide. xxxix+714 pgs.
      Ewing, H. E. (1924) On the taxonomy, biology, and distribution of the biting lice of the family Gyropidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 63 (20), 1 - 42. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.63 - 2489.1
      Vetter, J.R., Chirife, S.Y. & Maciel, S.J. (2024) Presence of Paraspidodera uncinata (Nematoda: Heterakidae) and Gyropus ovalis (Phthiraptera: Amblycera) in a wild specimen of Cavia aperea (Rodentia: Caviidae) from the campus of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay. Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports, 48, 100977: 5 pages. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vprsr.2023.100977
      Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838) Malloghaga Nitzsch. In Handbuch der Entomologie, 2 Band. 1 Halfte. Theod. Chr. Friedr. Englin., Berlin. 418–443 pp. [397-756 pp.]

      Citation

      Gyropus ovalis Burmeister, 1838 in undefined