loemensis, Haplochilus Pellegrin [J.] 1924:289, Fig. 3 [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 49 (no. 3/5); ref. 15463] Lombo River, tributary of Loémé River, but probably the Koulombo River, Congo-Brazzaville. Syntypes: MNHN 1924-0086 to -0087 (2). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:21 [ref. 19576]. •Synonym of Plataplochilus cabindae (Boulenger 1911) -- (Wildekamp et al. 1986:192 [ref. 6198]). •Valid as Procatopus loemensis (Pellegrin 1924) -- (Huber 1999:59 [ref. 23835]). •Valid as Plataplochilus loemensis (Pellegrin 1924) -- (Lazara 2001:255 [ref. 25711], van der Zee et al. 2007:65 [ref. 30034], Huber 2011:5 [ref. 32018], Skelton 2019:227 [ref. 36564], Fermon et al. 2022:266 [ref. 39448], Walsh et al. 2022:2853 [ref. 39051]). Current status: Valid as Plataplochilus loemensis (Pellegrin 1924). Procatopodidae: Procatopodinae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: southwestern Gabon south to Cabinda exclave (Angola). Habitat: freshwater.