Gobind Singh Thapar, Indian helminthologist and parasitologist (Rawalpindi, Pakistan 15 November 1893 – 1984)

Established a new classification of Acanthocephala

Discovered the parasites of hump sore and Nazar granuloma of cattle

DESCRIBED HELMINTH TAXA

Genera

Acanthogyrus 1927 (Acanthocephala)

Alaeuris 1925 (Nematoda)

Caballeroia 1960 (Digenea)

Cotylogonoporum 1934 with Dayal (Trematoda)

Echinopharynx 1925 (Nematoda)

Exorchocoelium 1956 (Trematoda)

Farzandia 1930 (Acanthocephala)

Gomtia 1930 (Trematoda)

Olveria 1946 with Sinha (Trematoda)

Paradactylogyrus 1948 (Trematoda)

Psilorchis 1935 with Lal (Trematoda)

Rhynchotrema 1933 (Trematoda)

Tremarhynchus 1933 (Trematoda)

Veversia 1925 (Nematoda)

Species

Acanthogyrus acanthogyrus 1927

Alaeuris alaeuris 1925

Alaeuris iguanae 1925

Aprocta cylindrica 1925

Astiotrema indica 1933

Caballeroia indica 1960

Cercaria bukrailensis 1969

Cercaria ghailae 1969

Cercaria tuticorina 1964

Diplostomum indicum 1967

Diplostomum nurius 1968

Exorchocoelium indicum 1958

Gomtia piscicola 1930

Helicometra gurnardus 1934 with Dayal

Indoplanorbis exustus 1969

Kiluluma africana 1924

Kiluluma brevicauda 1925

Kiluluma brevivaginata 1925

Kiluluma cylindrica 1925

Kiluluma goodeyi 1925

Kiluluma macdonaldi 1924

Kiluluma magma 1924

Kiluluma pachyderma 1924

Kiluluma rhinocerotis 1924

Kiluluma solitaria 1924

Leuresthicola dollfusi 1977 with Krishna & Gupta

Lymnaea acuminata 1969

Mehdiella stylosa 1925

Monaxine caballeroi 1977 with Krishna & Gupta

Monaxine hargisi 1977 with Krishna & Gupta

Monaxine hazellei 1977 with Krishna & Gupta

Monaxine pseudoscianae 1977 with Krishna & Gupta

Olveria indica 1945 with Sinha

Ommatobrephus folium 1929 with Ali

Paradactylogyrus catlaius 1948

Pallisentis ophiocephali 1931

Pharyngodon hindlei 1925

Podocnematractis ortleppi 1925

Psilorchis indicus 1935 with Lal

Rhabdochona hospeti 1950

Rhabdochona kashmirensis 1950

Sphaerostoma orfeum 1934 with Dayal

Tremarhynchus indicus 1933

HONORS

Thaparea Johri 1953 (Cestoda)

Thaparia Ortlepp 1933 (Nematoda)

Thapariella Srivastava 1955 (Trematoda)

Thaparotrema Dayal & Gupta 1953 (Trematoda)

Thaparocleidus Jain 1952 (Trematoda)