Species that contain: Ituglanis and metae [ 2 ] records

guayaberensis, Pygidium metae Dahl [G.] 1960:307, Fig. 2 [Novedades Colombianas v. 1 (no. 5); ref. 5836] Small pond in a brook tributary to Río Guayabero, about 1 kilometer from mouth of the brook, Orinoco System, Colombia. Holotype: ICNMHN 435. Paratypes: (17). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:407 [ref. 29155], Mojica & Agudelo-Zamora 2018:35 [ref. 36127]. •Valid as Ituglanis guayaberensis (Dahl 1960) -- (de Pinna & Wosiacki in Reis et al. 2003:275 [ref. 27061], Datovo & Landim 2005:462 [ref. 28558], Sarmento-Soares et al. 2006:310 [ref. 28814], Ferraris 2007:407 [ref. 29155], Datovo et al. 2016:440 [ref. 34783], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:69 [ref. 35633], Mendonça et al. 2018:484 [ref. 36234]). Current status: Valid as Ituglanis guayaberensis (Dahl 1960). Trichomycteridae: Trichomycterinae. Distribution: Guayabero River basin, Orinoco River drainage, Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.

metae, Pygidium Eigenmann [C. H.] 1917:694 [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 56; ref. 1237] Barrigona, Colombia. Holotype (unique): CAS 58138 [ex IU 13770]. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:407 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Trichomycterus mete (Eigenmann 1917) -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:36 [ref. 37559], Burgess 1989:322 [ref. 12860]). •Valid as Ituglanis metae (Eigenmann 1917) -- (Costa & Bockmann 1993:43 [ref. 21010], Burgess & Finley 1996:168 [ref. 22901], Fernández & Bichuette 2002:278 [ref. 26539], de Pinna & Wosiacki in Reis et al. 2003:275 [ref. 27061], de Pinna & Keith 2003:873 [ref. 27831], Datovo & Landim 2005:462 [ref. 28558], Saramento-Soares et al. 2006:310 [ref. 28814], Ferraris 2007:407 [ref. 29155], Lima et al. 2013:522 [ref. 32912], Barriga Salazar 2014:110 [ref. 35745], Datovo et al. 2016:440 [ref. 34783], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:69 [ref. 35633], Mendonça et al. 2018:484 [ref. 36234]). Current status: Valid as Ituglanis metae (Eigenmann 1917). Trichomycteridae: Trichomycterinae. Distribution: South America: Colombia and Ecuador. Habitat: freshwater.