Uroxys lojanus Arrow, 1933 Plate 53D

Uroxys lojanus Arrow, 1933: 395 (original description. Type locality: ECUADOR: Loja Pucara, Loja Calvario, 6600-6900 feet [= 2010-2100 m]).

Uroxys lojanus: Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 580 (characters in key); Bacchus 1978: 105 (catalogue of the types of the species described by Arrow); Carvajal et al. 2011: 318-319 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik 2012: 262 (complete list of species); Chamorro et al. 2018: 98 (cited for Ecuador).

Uroxys lojana: Blackwelder 1944: 203 (list of species of Latin America).

Type specimens.

Uroxys lojanus Arrow, 1933. The lectotype is deposited at the NHML. Locality: Ecuador, Loja, Pucara, examined.

Lectotype (♂): "Loja Pucara / F. Ohs. 8.8.05 [p]", "Uroxys / lojanus / type arrw [hw]", "F. Ohaus / 1907. 117 [hw]", "LECTO- / TYPE [p, violet label]", "Uroxys ♂ / lojanus arrow / M. E. Bacchus det 1975. / LECTOTYPE [p and hw]".

Distribution.

Only known from Ecuador.

Records examined.

LOJA: Pucara (1 specimen BMNB)

Literature records.

LOJA: Clavario [= El Calvario] (Bacchus 1978: 105); Loja Calvario, 6600-6900 feet [= 2010-2100 m] (Arrow 1933: 395).

Temporal data.

It is not known when this species was collected.

Remarks.

Inhabits the montane cloud forests of the Andean region at 2100 m a.s.l. The collection method is unknown.