Gyropus distinctus Castro and Cicchino, 2002

Valim, Michel P. & Linardi, Pedro Marcos, 2008, A taxonomic catalog, including host and geographic distribution, of the species of the genus Gyropus Nitzsch (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Gyropidae), Zootaxa 1899, pp. 1-24 : 5

Gyropus distinctus Castro and Cicchino, 2002

Gyropus distinctus Castro and Cicchino 2002: 295 , fig. 1A (male habitus, dorso-ventral view), fig. 1B (detail of the male genital sclerite, dorsal view), fig. 1C (detail of the male genital sclerite, ventral view), fig. 2A (male genitalia with detail of the pseudopenis, ventral view). Type locality. Chile, Valparaíso, Reserva Nacional Lago Peñuelas. Type host: Octodon degus (Molina) . Typology: Holotype male, twelve male and twenty female paratypes held by MLPA.

Price et al. 2003: 77 (checklist). Gonzales-Acuña et al. 2005: 56 (prevalence and new geographical records). Abrahamovich et al. 2006: 44 (list of type material in Museo de La Plata).

Gyropus parvus, Werneck 1951: 311 (morphological comments on ‘ Gyropus parvus ’ name), fig. 15 (male genitalia, ventral view), fig. 16 (exposed male genitalia, dorsal view). Castro and Cicchino 2002: 296 (remarks about Werneck’s comments).

Distribution. CHILE (Coquimbo, Santiago, Valparaíso).

Hosts. Octodon degus , O. lunatus (Octodontidae) .