Gyropus scalaris Werneck, 1942

Gyropus scalaris Werneck 1942: 23, fig. 3 (female head, dorso-ventral view), fig. 7 (detail of the endomeres and mesomeral plate), fig. 13 (female meso-metathorax, dorsal view), fig. 17 (female habitus, dorso-ventral view), fig. 18 (male habitus, dorso-ventral view), fig. 19 (female terminalia, ventral view), fig. 20 (male genitalia, dorsal view). Type locality: Brazil, Bahia, Xiquexique. Type host: Cercomys laurentius TABLE 1. Host and geographic distribution of the species included in the genus Gyropus Nitzsch

( Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Gyropidae) based on data presented in the literature.

Species of Gyropus Hosts Distribution References

G. c erco myd is Thrichomys a. laurenteus 1 Brazil Werneck (1942)

G. cruzi Euryzygomatomys spinosus 1 Brazil Werneck (1933)

G. diplomys Diplomys labilis 1 Panama Méndez (1967)

G. di sti nc tu s Octodon degus 2 Chile Castro and Cicchino (2002); Gonzales-Acuña et al. (2005) Octodon lunatus Chile Castro and Cicchino (2002); Gonzales-Acuña et al. (2005)

G. elongatus Aconaemys fuscus 2 Chile Castro et al. (1987); Gonzales-Acuña et al. (2005) Aconaemys sagei Chile Gonzales-Acuña et al. (2005)

G. emersoni Proechimys semispinosus 1 Panama Méndez (1969)

G. freitasi Thrichomys inermis Brazil Werneck (1942, 1948)

G. lenti distinctus Thrichomys pachyurus Brazil Werneck (1948)

Paraguay Werneck (1948)

G. lenti lenti Thrichomys a. apereoides Brazil Werneck (1942, 1948)

Thrichomys a. laurenteus Brazil Werneck (1936b, 1942, 1948) Thrichomys inermis Brazil Werneck (1942, 1948)

G. l ima i Trinomys setosus 1 Brazil Werneck (1948)

G. lineatus Kerodon rupestris 3 Argentina Ewing (1924)

Brazil Ewing (1924); Werneck (1936, 1948)

G. longus Abrocoma bennetti 4 Chile Neumann (1912b)

G. martini iheringi Trinomys gratiosus Brazil Werneck (1948)

G. martini martini Trinomys dimidiatus Brazil Werneck (1948)

G. martini matthaeensis Trinomys paratus (?) Brazil Werneck (1948)

G. mesoamericanus Hoplomys gymnurus 1 Nicaragua Méndez (1969); Emerson (1971)

G. ovalis Cavia porcellus 3 Argentina Ewing (1924); Werneck (1948) Peru Ewing (1924); Werneck (1948) Brazil Werneck (1936, 1948); Valim et al. (2004) Guiana Werneck (1936)

Mexico Zavaleta (1946)

Panama Werneck (1948)

Venezuela Emerson and Price (1975) Cavia a. aperea Paraguay Stobbe (1914)

Brazil Werneck (1936, 1948); Linardi et al. (1987) Cavia a. pamparum Argentina Werneck (1936); Castro et al. (1996) Cavia fulgida Brazil Werneck (1948); Guitton et al. (1986) Cavia tschudii Peru Ewing (1924)

* Odonata Colombia Ewing (1924)

G. parasetosus Proechimys longicaudatus Brazil Werneck (1935, 1948)

G. pa rvu s Ctenomys colburni 5 Argentina Ewing (1924)

Ctenomys australis Argentina Cicchino and Castro (1994) Ctenomys azarae Argentina Cicchino et al. (2000)

Ctenomys chasiquensis Argentina Cicchino and Castro (1998a) Ctenomys haigi Argentina Cicchino (1978); Cicchino and Castro (1994) Ctenomys magellanicus Chile Werneck (1936)

Ctenomys maulinus Chile Gonzales-Acuña et al. (2005) Ctenomys mendocinus Argentina Cicchino (1978); Cicchino and Castro (1994) Ctenomys opimus Argentina Cicchino and Castro (1994); Cicchino et al. (2000) Ctenomys porteousi Argentina Cicchino and Castro (1994) Ctenomys sericeus Argentina Ewing (1924); Werneck (1936); Emerson and Price (1981) Ctenomys talarum Argentina Cicchino (1978); Cicchino and Castro (1994)

G. persetosus Trinomys albispinus Brazil Cicchino and Castro (1990)

G. ri bei ro i Kunsia tomentosus 6 Brazil Werneck (1935b)

G. scalaris Thrichomys a. apereoides Brazil Werneck (1948)

Thrichomys a. laurenteus Brazil Werneck (1942, 1948)

G. setifer Hoplomys gymnurus Ecuador Ewing (1924)

G. setosus Proechimys brevicauda Bolivia Neumann (1912a)

Colombia Werneck (1936a)

G. thompsoni Isothrix bistriata 1 Brazil Werneck (1935b)

Bolivia Werneck (1935b)

Venezuela Emerson and Price (1975)

G. travassosi Callistomys pictus 1 Brazil Werneck (1948)

G. wernecki Proechimys guiarae Venezuela Emerson and Price (1975)

1 Echimyidae; 2 Octodontidae; 3 Caviidae; 4 Abrocomidae; 5 Ctenomyidae; 6 Cricetidae; *this wrong host is retained in the list because of its particular geographic distribution; (?) probable host.

(= Thrichomys a. laurenteus). Typology: Holotype male, ‘allotype’ female, three male, and three female paratypes held by FIOC. Two pairs of paratypes were donated to BMNH (former GHE Hopkins Collection)

Werneck 1948: 69 (citation). Hopkins and Clay 1952: 161 (checklist). Emerson and Price 1981: 44 (host-parasite checklist). Cicchino and Castro 1990: 322 (checklist of Gyropus species on Echimyidae). Cardosode-Almeida et al. 2003: 235 (list of type material in Instituto Oswaldo Cruz). Price et al. 2003: 77 (checklist).

Eogyropus scalaris, Eichler 1952: 76 (replacement of genus).

Distribution. BRAZIL (Bahia).

Hosts. Thrichomys a. apereoides; T. a. laurenteus (Echimyidae) .