Scheloribates (Scheloribates) elegans Hammer, 1958

Scheloribates elegans: Schatz (1998); Schatz (2006); Illig et al. (2007); Illig et al. (2008); Ermilov et al. (2013c); Maraun et al. (2013).

Scheloribates cf. elegans: Marian et al. (2018); Marian et al. (2020).

Distribution: Tropical: Neotropical, Oriental, Hawaii.

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

Habitat: Litoral, arid, transition and moist zone. Upper organic soil layer in mostly undisturbed rain forest. Soil and litter of alder ( Alnus acuminata). Litterbags Graffenrieda emarginata, Clusia spp., Cavendishia zamorensis, Hediosmum sp.

References: Schatz (1998): 385; Schatz (2006): 265; Illig et al. (2007): 230; Illig et al. (2008): 164; Ermilov et al. (2013c): 432-434; Maraun et al. (2013): 187; Marian et al. (2018): 268-270; Marian et al. (2020): 7.