altissima (Fluke), 1945:20 ( Melanostoma). Type locality: Ecuador, Imbabura, Cuicocha. HT M (AMNH).

Distr.: Colombia (Antioquia (Andes, Belmira, Medellín), Cundinamarca (Bogotá), Tolima (Murillo)), Ecuador.

Refs.: Fluke, 1945:20, figs. 48 & 49 (abdomen) 1957b:276, figs. 95–96 (M genitalia); Thompson et al. 1976:42 (cat.).

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Antioquia: Andes, Cerros Caramanta, Paramo Laguna de Santarita, 5.550249°, -75.988733°, 3610m, 1male, 1female, 3-5.iii.2009, Leg. M. Wolff, Net (CEUA); Belmira, Paramo de Belmira, 6.707065°, -75.714136°, 3057m, 1male, 2females, 5.iii.2009, Leg. A.L. Montoya, Net (CEUA); Medellín, Corregimiento de Santa Elena, Vereda Piedras Blancas, en Robledal, 6.29 1588°, -75.493345°, 2200m, 1male, 26.ix.2009, Leg. C. Bota, Net (CEUA); Cundinamarca: Bogotá, 4.592901°, -74.081040°, 2700m, 1male, 25.iii.1937, Leg. Osorno (in the collection of F.M. Hull); Bogotá, 4.592901°, -74.081040°, 2700m, 1male, 25.iii.1937, Leg B. Guerra (USNM); Tolima: Murillo, Robledal, 4.870242N, 75.177614W, 3000m, 1male, 6.ix.2012, Leg. C. Bota, Net (CEUA).