Lithogenes Eigenmann [C. H.] 1909:6 Masc. Lithogenes villosus Eigenmann 1909. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Lithogenes Eigenmann 1909 -- (Isbrücker 1980:6 [ref. 2303]; transferred from Astroblepidae to Loricariidae by Nijssen & Isbrücker 1987 [ref. 5993], Burgess 1989:429 [ref. 12860], de Pinna 1998:303 [ref. 23847], Montoya-Burgos et al. 1998:364 [ref. 23850], Reis & Pereira 1999:45 [ref. 23669], Procenzano et al. 2003:562 [ref. 27128], Reis et al. 2003:318 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:267 [ref. 29155], Schaefer & Provenzano 2008:2 [ref. 30039] in Lithogeninae). Current status: Valid as Lithogenes Eigenmann 1909. Loricariidae: Lithogeninae.