Typový druh
Megalocentor echthrus de Pinna & Britski, 1991
Původní popis
de Pinna M. C. C. & Britski H. A. 1991. Megalocentor, a new genus of parasitic catfish from the Amazon basin: the sister group of Apomatoceros (Trichomycteridae: Stegophilinae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters v. 2 (no. 2). 113-128.
