Stegophilus Reinhardt [J. T.] 1859:83 [? 5] Masc. Stegophilus insidiosus Reinhardt 1859. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Stegophilus Reinhardt 1859 -- (Burgess 1989:323 [ref. 12860], de Pinna & Wosiacki in Reis et al. 2003:278 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:414 [ref. 29155] with p. 5, DoNascimiento 2015:952 [ref. 34078] in Stegophilinae). Current status: Valid as Stegophilus Reinhardt 1859. Trichomycteridae: Stegophilinae.