Ditaxodon taeniatus (Peters in Hensel, 1868)

Type locality. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Possibly in error (Bérnils et al., 2008) .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 294A). Known from few and scattered records,mostly in Araucaria Forest, and marginally in the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest (Plt. 294A), mostly at high elevations (Plt. 294B). Observed in the field in montane grassland (Thomas et al., 2006).