Protoribates (Protoribates) ecuadoriensis Ermilov, Bayartogtokh, Sandmann, Marian & Maraun, 2013

Protoribates ecuadoriensis: Ermilov et al. (2013); Marian et al. (2020); 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 degraded forest. Litterbags of Puteria sp., Cavendishia zamorensis, Mollinedia sp., Graffenrieda emarginata and Clusia spp.

References: Ermilov et al. (2013): 49-52; Marian et al. (2018): 268-270; Marian et al. (2020): 7.