Genus Metrodora Bolívar, 1887

Metrodora Bolivar, 1887: 247 (original description of the genus, no type species designation). — Hancock 1907a: 41 (reproduction of the original description, translated into English). — Kirby 1910: 24 ( M. rana designated as the type species). — Bruner 1910: 109 (catalogued). — Günther 1939: 292 (key to the species). — Yin et al. 1996: 884 (catalogued). — Otte 1997: 50 (catalogued). — Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona Granda 2015: 474 (catalogued).

TYPE SPECIES. — Metrodora rana Bolívar, 1887, designated by Kirby (1910).

COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION. — 13 described species. Nine are known to occur in South America and four in Central America. At least two undescribed species reported here.