Neopataecus (subgenus of Pataecus) Steindachner [F.] 1884:1087 Masc. Pataecus maculatus of Steindachner 1884 (= Pataecus waterhousii Castelnau 1872). Type by monotypy. Apparently based on a misidentified type species; P. maculatus of Steindachner not same as P. maculatus Günther 1861. •Valid as Neopataecus Steindachner 1884 -- (Washington et al. 1984:440 [ref. 13660], Paxton et al. 1989:462 [ref. 12442], Mandrytsa 1993:32 [ref. 21232], Gomon et al. 1994:510 [ref. 22532], Paxton et al. 2006:918 [ref. 28994], Johnson 2008:505 [ref. 30650]). Current status: Valid as Neopataecus Steindachner 1884. Synanceiidae: Pataecinae.