Echinanthera cyanopleura (Cope, 1885)

Type locality. Montenegro, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil .

Distribution. Known from Argentina and Brazil (Plt. 215A). Widespread in the southern portion of the Atlantic Forest (Plt. 215A), form low to high elevations (Plt. 215B). Observed in the field in forest (Di-Bernardo, 1991; Marques et al., 2001; Martins et al., 2008b).