meridionalis, Creagrutus Vari [R. P.] & Harold [A. S.] 2001:157, Fig. 65 [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 613; ref. 25842] Ribeirão Chiqueirão, tributary of Rio Jangada that drains into the Rio Cuiabá, about 21 kilometers west of Jangada on road to Barra do Bugres, Município de Jangada, Mato Brosso, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 50546. Paratypes: FML 2527 (1), MCP 18738 (13), MNHNP 2999 (13), MZUSP 50547 (12, 1 c&s), NRM 22619 (20), USNM 341363 (12, 2 c&s). •Valid as Creagrutus meridionalis Vari & Harold 2001 -- (Vari & Harold in Reis et al. 2003:124 [ref. 27061], Baicere-Silva et al. 2011:381 [ref. 31395], Dagosta & Pastana 2014:581 [ref. 33181], Mirande et al. 2013:763 [ref. 33366], Thomaz et al. 2015:Add. 5 [ref. 33893], Koerber et al. 2017:33 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Valid as Creagrutus meridionalis Vari & Harold 2001. Stevardiidae: Creagrutinae. Distribution: Upper Paraguay River basin in Mato Grosso State and eastern tributaries to Paraguay River: Brazil and Paraguay. Habitat: freshwater.