Canthidium (Canthidium) pseudaurifex Balthasar, 1939 Plate 9D

Canthidium pseudaurifex Balthasar, 1939c: 136 (original description. Type locality: Ecuador, Prov. Los Rios).

Canthidium pseudaurifex: Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 596 (characters in key); Carvajal et al. 2011: 318-319 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik 2012: 62 (complete list of species); Bezdek and Hajek 2012: 304 (catalog of type NMPC); Cupello, 2018: 477 (transferred to Canthidium incerta sedis, cited from Ecuador); Chamorro et al. 2018: 92 (cited for Ecuador).

Types specimens.

Canthidium pseudaurifex Balthasar, 1939. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the NMPC. Locality: Babahoyo. Examined.

Holotype (♂): "Babahoyo / 7. 05 O. v. B. [p]", "Typus [p, red label, black margin]", "C. pseudauri- / fex n. sp. / Dr. V. Balthasar det. [hw and p]", "pseudaurifex / m. [hw, green label, black margin]", "HOLOTYPE [hw, red label]".

Distribution .

Only known from Ecuador.

Records examined.

ESMERALDAS: Calle Mansa (2 specimens CEMT); Chispero (2 specimens CEMT); Colón del Ónzole (6 specimens CEMT); Gualpi (1 specimen CEMT); Padre Santo, Playa de Oro (6 specimens CEMT); Palma Real (2 specimens CEMT). IMBABURA: Río Guayllabamba alrededores de Pacto, 700-1150 m (2 specimens CEMT). LOS RÍOS: Babahoyo (1 specimen NMPC); Río Palenque Station (15 specimens CEMT). SANTA ELENA: Olón, 50 m (70 specimens CEMT).

Temporal data.

Collected in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, and December.

Remarks.

Inhabits coastal lowland evergreen forests and coastal evergreen foothill forests from 50-1150 m a.s.l. Collected with pitfall traps baited with human and pig feces.