Malaconothrus (Malaconothrus) monodactylus (Michael, 1888)

Malaconothrus monodactylus: Ramírez-Castillo et al. (2018) .

Distribution: Holarctic (frequent) and Neotropical.

Records in Ecuador: Zamora Chinchipe ( San Francisco Biological Reserve and Podocarpus National Park-Bombuscaro) and Loja (Podocarpus National Park-Cajanuma).

Habitat: Abandoned pasture soil. Litterbags of Puteria sp., Cavendishia zamorensis, Mollinedia sp., Graffenrieda emarginata, Clusia spp. and Hediosmum sp.

References: Ramírez-Castillo et al. (20 18): 39-40; Marian et al. (2018): 268-270.