Podothecus Gill [T. N.] 1861:77 Masc. Podothecus peristethus Gill 1861. Type by subsequent monotypy. Proposed by Gill as above without included species, also as name only in Gill 1861:167 [ref. 1775]. More complete description with one species added by Gill 1861:259 [ref. 12597]. See Sheiko & Mecklenburg 2004:12 [ref. 27591] for limits of genus. •Valid as Podothecus Gill 1861 -- (Ilyina 1978 [ref. 6914], Kanayama in Masuda et al. 1984:332 [ref. 6441], Yabe 1985:123 [ref. 11522], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:324 [ref. 15964], Maeda & Amaoka 1988:86 [ref. 12616], Kanayama 1991:45 [ref. 19261], Sheiko 1993:80 [ref. 21227], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:528 [ref. 25968], Parin et al. 2002:S100 [ref. 28300], Sheiko & Mecklenburg 2004:12 [ref. 27591], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:125 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:293 [ref. 33547], Pietsch & Orr 2015:49 [ref. 34694], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:120 [ref. 34440]). Current status: Valid as Podothecus Gill 1861. Agonidae: Agoninae.