Pediculus porcelli Schrank, 1781: 500, pl. 1: fig.1.
Pediculus saviae Schrank, 1803: 186. Unnecessary nomen novum for Pediculus porcelli Schrank, 1781. Pediculus bifurcatus Olfers, 1816: 83. Unnecessary nomen novum for Pediculus porcelli Schrank, 1781. Gyropus gracilis Nitzsch, 1818: 304. Unnecessary nomen novum for Pediculus porcelli Schrank, 1781. Gyropus porcelli perfoliatus Neumann, 1912b: 216.
Gyropus bicaudatus Paine, 1912b: 441, pl. 20: fig. 3.
Gliricola mexicana Zavaleta, 1946: 435, figs 1A–F.
Gliricola porcelli (Schrank, 1781); Werneck 1948: 38.
Gliricola porcelli (Schrank, 1781); Price et al. 2003: 76.
Type host: Cavia porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Guinea pig.
Type locality: Not given in the original description.
Malaysian host: Cavia porcellus.
Malaysian locality: Ampang (Selangor) Peninsular Malaysia (this paper).
Geographical distribution: Worldwide, except Antarctica.
Remarks: Gliricola porcelli was collected from a pet guinea pig in a veterinary clinic located in Ampang, Selangor, and identified by the first author (A.- R.K.). This is the first record of G. porcelli from Malaysia.