Pediculus pavonis Linnaeus, 1758: 613.
Ricinus pavonis (Linnaeus, 1758); Latreille 1804: 103.
Goniodes pavonis Linnaeus, 1758 [sic]; Harrison 1916: 78.
Goniodes pavonis (Linnaeus, 1758); KÉler 1939: 39, figs 11, 13–15.
Goniodes pavonis (Linnaeus, 1758); Clay 1940b: 5, figs 1a, 3, 4a, 5, 9a.
Goniodes pavonis (Linnaeus, 1758); Hopkins & Clay 1952: 157.
Goniodes pavonis; González-Acuña et al. 2009: 183.
Goniodes pavonis (Linnaeus, 1758); Palma 2017: 119.
Neotype in NHML (see Clay 1940b: 7).
Type host: Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758.
Chilean host: Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758.
Other host: Pavo muticus Linnaeus, 1766.
Chilean locality: Chillán: Region XVI.
Geographic distribution: All continents, except Antarctica.
Chilean reference: González-Acuña et al. (2009).
Other significant references: KÉler (1939); Clay (1940b); Clay & Hopkins (1950: 261); Palma (1996: 182); Price et al. (2003: 185); Martín-Mateo (2009: 46, figs 5e, 12); Palma (2010: 408); Palma (2017).
Remarks: Goniodes pavonis was introduced to Chile and other countries by human agency with peafowl.