hematophaga, Vandellia Guimarães [J. R. A.] 1935:300, Figs. 1-4 [Revista de Indústria Animal: Departmento de Indústria Animal, Secretaria da Agricultura, Indústria e Comércio. v. 2 (no. 3); ref. 12430] Río Tietê, Salto, São Paulo, Brazil. Lectotype: CAS-SU 16766. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:45 [ref. 12291], Ferraris 2007:410 [ref. 29155]. SU 16766 was received at Stanford University in 1951, presumably from material used in the original description (in which no types were designated). Lectotype designation by Böhlke 1953:45 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Vandellia hematophaga Guimarães 1935 -- (Burgess 1989:324 [ref. 12860]). •Synonym of Paravandellia oxyptera Miranda Ribeiro 1912 -- (de Pinna & Wosiacki in Reis et al. 2003:277 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:410 [ref. 29155], Litz & Koerber 2014:22 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:38 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:55 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Paravandellia oxyptera Miranda Ribeiro 1912. Trichomycteridae: Vandelliinae. Habitat: freshwater.