Hermannobates monstruosus Hammer, 1961

Distribution: Neotropical.

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: Leaf litter of Graffenrieda emarginata . Soil and litter of pine ( Pinus patula), alder ( Alnus acuminata) and degraded forest. Litterbags of Puteria sp., Cavendishia zamorensis, Mollinedia sp., Clusia spp., Graffenieda emarginata and Hediosmum sp.

References: Illig et al. (2005): 591; Illig et al. (2007): 227; Maraun et al. (2008): 185; Maraun et al. (2013): 187; Marian et al. (2018): 268-270; Marian et al. (2020): 7.