Typový druh
Klausewitzia aphanes Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1977
Původní popis
Buckup P. A. 1993. Review of the characidiin fishes (Teleostei: Characiformes), with descriptions of four new genera and ten new species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters v. 4 (no. 2). 97-154.