Gyropus mesoamericanus Mendez 1969
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Gyropus mesoamericanus Méndez, 1969
Gyropus mesoamericanus Méndez 1969: 499, fig. 4 (male genitalia, dorsal view), fig. 5 (female terminalia, dorso-ventral view). Type locality: Nicaragua, El Rama, El Recreo, Rio Mico. Type host: Hoplomys gymnurus truei (= Hoplomys gymnurus (Thomas)). Typology: Holotype male, ‘allotype’ female, thirty-six male, thirty-four female, and six nymphal paratypes held by USNM. Of these, some paratypes were distributed: four male and four female paratypes to the BMNH, and two male and two female paratypes to the BPBM. Additionally, paratypes are also held by SEMC, GML, and in KCEC (see Méndez 1969: 501).
Emerson 1971: 332 (citation regarding Nicaraguan mammals). Emerson and Price 1981: 44 (host-parasite checklist). Cicchino and Castro 1990: 322 (checklist of Gyropus species on Echimyidae). Price et al. 2003: 77 (checklist).
Distribution. NICARAGUA (autonomous region of South Atlantic, former Zelaya region).
Host. Hoplomys gymnurus (Echimyidae).
Remarks. When described, G. mesoamericanus was compared only with G. emersoni (Méndez 1969: 499).
That author did not compare his new species with G. setifer, already known from the same host species (Hop-
lomys gymnurus) (Ewing 1924: 22; Werneck 1948: 55). This species may be a junior synonym of Gyropus
setifer, however this decision should be based on a future taxonomic revision.
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- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.274532 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFADFC2EFFBFFFFD267E5649DD2D1865 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03948456FFB6FFF426E95363D90B1FDE (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/119379016 (URL)
- https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/48745/taxon/03948456FFB6FFF426E95363D90B1FDE.taxon (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Mendez
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Phthiraptera
- Family
- Gyropidae
- Genus
- Gyropus
- Species
- mesoamericanus
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- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Gyropus mesoamericanus Mendez, 1969 sec. Valim & Linardi, 2008
References
- Mendez, E. (1969) Four new species of Gyropidae (Mallophaga) from Spiny rats in middle America. Pacific Insects, 11, (3 / 4), 497 - 505.
- Emerson, K, C, (1971) Records of a collection of Mallophaga and Anoplura from Nicaraguan mammals. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 44, (3), 332 - 337.
- Emerson, K. C. & Price, R. D. (1981) A host-parasite list of the Mallophaga on mammals. Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America, 12, (1), 1 - 72.
- Cicchino, A. C. & Castro, D. del C. (1990) A new species of Gyropus Nitzsch, 1818 (Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Gyropidae) from Proechimys albispinus (I. Geoffroy) (Mammalia, Rodentia, Echimyidae). Acta Parasitologica, 35, (4), 319 - 323.
- Price, R. D., Hellenthal, R. A. & Palma, R. L. (2003) World checklist of chewing lice with host associations and keys to families and genera. In: Price, R. D., Hellenthal, R. A., Palma, R. L., Johnson, K. P. & Clayton, D. H. The chewing lice: world checklist and biological overview. Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publication, Illinois, 24, pp. 1 - 448.
- 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.
- Werneck, F. L. (1948) Os Malofagos de Mamferos. Parte I: Amblycera e Ischnocera (Philopteridae e parte de Trichodectidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia Special, Rio de Janeiro. 243 pp.