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Species in the family or subfamily Phreatobiidae: [ 3 ] records

cisternarum, Phreatobius Goeldi [E. A.] 1905:549 [Proceedings/ ...International Congress of Zoology 1905, Pt. 7 (Zoogeograpohie); ref. 6570] Marajo Island, about 1°27'S, 48°29'W, at the mouth of Amazon, Brazil (in a cistern). Syntypes: MHNG 2623.30 (1), 1505.91 (1). Additional non-type material: FMNH 58580 [ex CM 7603] (1); MHNG 1213.97 (1), 1505.91 (2 plus 1 as 65 microscopic preparations). Type catalog: Mahnert 1976:475 [ref. 21535], Weber 1998:10 [ref. 32707], Ferraris 2007:430 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Phreatobius cisternarum Goeldi 1905 -- (Burgess 1989:283 [ref. 12860], de Pinna 1998:318 [ref. 23847], Romero & Paulson 2001:26 [ref. 26040], Bockmann & Guazzelli in Reis et al. 2003:416 [ref. 27061], Muriel-Cunha & de Pinna 2005:327 [ref. 28453], Proudlove 2006:129 [ref. 28992], Shibatta et al. 2007:191 [ref. 29352], Ferraris 2007:430 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Phreatobius cisternarum Goeldi 1905. Phreatobiidae. Distribution: Subterranean environments of Marajo Island, underlying the mouth of Amazon River, Brazil [in cisterns]. Habitat: freshwater.

dracunculus, Phreatobius Shibatta [O. A.], Muriel-Cunha [J.] & de Pinna [M. C. C.] 2007:192, Figs. 1, 3, 5 [Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo v. 47 (no. 17); ref. 29352] Hand-dug well in settlement of Rio Prado, about 90 kilometers south of City of Porto Velho, area of Rio Branco drainage, 9°34'10.7"S, 63°58'08.2"W, Rondônia State, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 93955. Paratypes: MZUEL 4761 (2); MZUSP 91680 (1), 93956-58 (1, 1, 1). •Valid as Phreatobius dracunculus Shibatta, Muriel-Cunha & de Pinna 2007 -- (Ohara et al. 2016:1286 [ref. 34672]). Current status: Valid as Phreatobius dracunculus Shibatta, Muriel-Cunha & de Pinna 2007. Phreatobiidae. Distribution: Man-made wells in Pardo River, area of Branco River drainage, Rondônia, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

sanguijuela, Phreatobius Fernández [L.], Saucedo [L. J.], Carvajal-Vallejos [F. M.] & Schaefer [S. A.] 2007:53, Figs. 2-3 [Zootaxa No. 1626; ref. 29299] Artificial well, Comunidad de Porvenir, 13°59'14.44"S, 61°32'27.05"W, Río Iténez basin, Dept. Santa Cruz, Bolivia, elevation 172 meters. Holotype: UMSS 1785. Paratypes: MNKP 5373 (2). •Valid as Phreatobius sanguijuela Fernández, Saucedo, Carvajal-Vallejos & Schaefer 2007 -- (Sarmiento et al. 2014:191 [ref. 35004], Ohara et al. 2016:1286 [ref. 34672]). Current status: Valid as Phreatobius sanguijuela Fernández, Saucedo, Carvajal-Vallejos & Schaefer 2007. Phreatobiidae. Distribution: Subterranean waters [wells 6-12 m deep], near Paraguá River, Iténez River basin, Bolivia and Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.