Canthidium (Neocanthidium) inoptatum Balthasar, 1939 Plate 10D

Canthidium inoptatum Balthasar, 1939c: 130 (original description. Type locality: Ecuador).

Canthidium inoptatum: Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 592 (characters in key).

Canthidium (Canthidium) inoptatum: Martínez and Halffter 1986: 28 (cited for Ecuador); Carvajal et al. 2011: 318-319 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik 2012: 62 (complete list of species); Bezdek and Hajek 2012: 303 (catalog of types NMPC).

Canthidium (Neocanthidium) inoptatum: Cupello 2018: 470 (transferred to the subgenus Canthidium (Neocanthidium) Martínez, Halffter & Pereira, 1964. Distribution, cited for Ecuador); Chamorro et al. 2018: 92 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Canthidium inoptatum Balthasar, 1939. Two syntypes examined deposited at the MSMF and NMPC. Lectotype to be designated in a future work on this species group.

Syntype (♀): "Ecuador / Catamayo / Ohaus S. [p]", "Senckember / Museum [p]", "Typus [p, red label, black margin]", "Canthidium / inoptatum / n. sp. m / Dr. V. Balthasar det. [p and hw]", "[one face, p] Typus [oposite face, hw] SMF C / 16818".

Syntype (♀): "W.ECUADOR / Huigra / Dr. Davis [p]", "Moser determ. [p] / Canthidium sp. [hw]", "Senckenberg / Museum [p]", "Typus [red label, black margin]", "inoptatum [hw, green label, black margin]".

Distribution.

Only known from Ecuador.

Records examined.

CHIMBORAZO: Huigra (1 specimen MSMF). LOJA: Catamayo (1 specimen MSMF). UNDETERMINED PROVINCE: Jivaria (1 specimen NMPC).

Temporal data.

It is not known when this species was collected.

Remarks.

Habitat and collection methods are unknown.