Schalleria brevisetosa Ermilov, Sandmann & Maraun, 2013

Distribution: Ecuador.

Records in Ecuador: Zamora Chinchipe (Podocarpus National Park-Bombuscaro and San Francisco Biological Reserve) and Loja (andean mountain region of the Loja valley).

Habitat: Organic soil layer in mostly undisturbed rain forest. Soil and litter of pine ( Pinus patula), alder ( Alnus acuminata) and degraded forest. Litterbags of Puteria sp., Cavendishia zamorensis, Mollinedia sp., Graffenrieda emarginata and Clusia spp.

References: Ermilov et al. (2013b): 200-204; Marian et al. (2018): 268-270; Marian et al. (2020): 7.