Parastegophilus Miranda Ribeiro [P. de] 1946:12 Masc. Stegophilus maculatus Steindachner 1879. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Parastegophilus Miranda Ribeiro 1946 -- (de Pinna 1989 [ref. 12630], Burgess 1989:324 [ref. 12860] but may be a synonym of Homodiaetus Eigenmann & Ward 1907, de Pinna & Wosiacki in Reis et al. 2003:276 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:410 [ref. 29155], Litz & Koerber 2014:22 [ref. 33622], Fernández et al. 2015:13 [ref. 35041]). •Synonym of Pseudostegophilus Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1889 -- (DoNascimiento 2015:950 [ref. 34078] in Stegophilinae). Current status: Synonym of Pseudostegophilus Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1889. Trichomycteridae: Stegophilinae.