Hemiancistrus Bleeker [P.] 1862:2 Masc. Ancistrus medians Kner 1854. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Hemiancistrus Bleeker 1862 -- (Isbrücker 1980:49 [ref. 2303], Heitmans et al. 1983:33 [ref. 5278], Burgess 1989:434 [ref. 12860], Malabarba 1989:148 [ref. 14217], Montoya-Burgos et al. 1998:367 [ref. 23850], Cardoso & Malabarba 1999:141 [ref. 24148], Isbrücker 2002:16 [ref. 27178], Cardoso & Lucinda 2003:81 [ref. 26858], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:384 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2004:53, 59 [ref. 27644], Cardoso & da Silva 2004:1 [ref. 27704], Cardoso 2004:173 [ref. 27799], Werneke et al. 2005:533 [ref. 28457], Werneke et al. 2005:543 [ref. 28456], Ferraris 2007:242 [ref. 29155], Armbruster 2008:49 [ref. 29740], de Souza et al. 2008:419 [ref. 29848], Lujan & Chamon 2008:272 [ref. 29977], Lujan & Chamon 2008:272 [ref. 29977], Lujan et al. 2014:16 [ref. 32454] as Hemiancistrus clade, Ambruster et al. 2015:97 [ref. 33670], Bertaco et al. 2016:418 [ref. 34561], Provenzano & Barriga 2017:221 [ref. 35332]). Current status: Valid as Hemiancistrus Bleeker 1862. Loricariidae: Hypostominae.