Gittella variabilis Ermilov, Sandmann, Marian & Maraun, 2013

Gittella cf. máxima: Marian et al. (2018); Marian et al. (2020).

Distribution: Neotropical (Peru, 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. Litter and soil from Graffenrieda emarginata . Soil and litter of degraded forest. Litterbags of Puteria sp., Cavendishia zamorensis, Mollinedia sp., Clusia spp. and Hediosmum sp.

References: Ermilov et al. (2013f): 2-5; Pachl et al. (2017): 313; Marian et al. (2018): 268-270; Marian et al. (2020): 7.