Nirmus rufus Burmeister, 1838: 430.
Degeeriella rufa Nitzsch [in Burmeister], 1838 [sic]; Harrison 1916: 122.
Degeeriella rufa (Burmeister, 1838); Hopkins & Clay 1952: 113.
Degeeriella rufa rufa (Burmeister, 1838); Clay 1958a: 180, figs 5, 10, 18–22, 38, 55, 75, 95, 104, 107, 111, 120, 129, 139–164; pl. 6: fig. 3; pl. 8: fig. 7.
Degeeriella rufa (Burmeister, 1838); Price et al. 2003: 175.
Degeeriella rufa (Burmeister, 1838); González-Acuña et al. 2008a: 283.
Degeeriella rufa (Burmeister, 1838); Moreno & González-Acuña 2015: 95.
Degeeriella rufa (Burmeister, 1838); González-Acuña & Moreno 2018: 262.
Degeeriella rufa rufa (Burmeister, 1838); Palma 2017: 109.
Status, sex and repository of types unknown, presumed lost (see Palma 2017: 109).
Type host: Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758.
Chilean hosts: Falco femoralis Temminck, 1822; Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771.
Other hosts: Polihierax insignis Walden, 1872 and twenty-two species of Falco (see Price et al. 2003: 175).
Chilean localities: Not given.
Geographic distribution: All continents, except Antarctica.
Chilean references: González-Acuña et al. (2008a); Moreno & González-Acuña (2015); González-Acuña & Moreno (2018).
Other significant references: Clay (1958a); Palma (1996: 174); Price et al. (2003); Martín-Mateo (2009: 87, fig. 20C); Palma (2010: 408); Palma (2017).
Remarks: Degeeriella rufa is a morphologically variable species (Clay 1958a: 181). Contrary to Price et al. (2003: 175), we follow Clay (1958a) and regard some subspecies of Degeeriella rufa as valid taxa (see below).