Sylvicanthon edmonsi Cupello & Vaz-de-Mello, 2018 Plate 51D

Sylvicanthon edmonsi Cupello & Vaz-de-Mello, 2018: 58 (characters in key), 117 (figure 34 distribution), 132 (original description. Type locality: Orellana, Parque Nacional Yasuní, Estación Científica Yasuní, 215 m), 134 (figures 38A, B).

Type specimens.

Sylvicanthon edmonsi Cupello & Vaz-de-Mello, 2018. The holotype (♂) is deposited st the TAMU (see Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018: 132). Locality: Orellana, Parque Nacional Yasuní, Estación Científica Yasuní, 215 m, not examined.

Distribution.

Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Literature records.

MORONA SANTIAGO: Untsuants, sítio 3, 700 m (Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018: 132). ORELLANA: Parque Nacional Yasuní, Estación Científica Yasuní, 215 m (Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018: 132); Parque Nacional Yasuní, via Maxus km Onkone Gare, 220 m (Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018: 132); Rodrigo Borja, IAMOE (Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018: 132); Tiputini Biodiversity Station, 220 m (Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018: 132); Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Río Tiputini (Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018: 132).

Temporal data.

Collected in January, June, July, August, September, and November.

Remarks.

Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests and the foothill evergreen forests of the Amazon region from 215-700 m a.s.l. According to Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello (2018), this species has been collected with flight interception trap, canopy fogging methods and pitfall traps baited with carrion and human feces.