Plenotocepheus (Plenotocepheus) neotropicus Ermilov, Sandmann, Marian & Maraun, 2013

Plenotocepheus neotropicus: Ermilov et al. (2013d); Pachl et al. (2017); Marian et al. (2018); Marian et al. (2020).

Distribution: Ecuador.

Records in Ecuador: Zamora Chinchipe ( San Francisco Biological Reserve and Podocarpus National Park-Bombuscaro) and Loja (andean mountain region of the Loja valley and Podocarpus National Park-Cajanuma).

Habitat: Upper organic soil layer in mostly undisturbed rain forest. Soil and litter of alder ( Alnus acuminata) and degraded forest. Litterbags of Puteria sp., Cavendishia zamorensis, Mollinedia sp., Graffenrieda emarginata, Clusia spp. and Hediosmum sp.

References: Ermilov et al. (2013d): 115-119; Pachl et al. (2017): 312; Marian et al. (2018): 268-270; Marian et al. (2020): 7.