Cryptocanthon paradoxus Balthasar, 1942
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Cryptocanthon paradoxus Balthasar, 1942 |
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Cryptocanthon paradoxus Balthasar, 1942 View in CoL Plate 18C
Cryptocanthon paradoxus Balthasar, 1942: 37 (original description. Type locality: Loja, Villonaco).
Cryptocanthon paradoxus : Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 551 (distribution); Howden 1973: 40 (characters in key, redescription); Cook 2002: 10 (characters in key), 78 (revision); Carvajal et al. 2011: 316-317 (cited for Ecuador); Bezdek and Hajek 2011: 366 (catalog of types NMPC); Krajcik 2012: 82 (complete list of species); Albuquerque et al. 2017 (cited for Peru); Chamorro et al. 2018: 93 (cited for Ecuador).
Type specimens.
Cryptocanthon paradoxus Balthasar, 1942. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the NMPC. Locality: Loja Villonaco, examined.
Holotype (♂): "(Ecuad.) [p]", "Loja Villonaco / F. Ohs. 23.8.05 [p]", "TYPUS [p, red label, black margin]", "Cryptocanthon / paradoxus / n. gen. n. sp. / mihi / Dr. V. Balthasar det. [p and hw]", "Cryptocanthon / paradoxus Balth. [hw, green label, black margin]".
Distribution.
Ecuador and Peru.
Records examined.
LOJA: Villonaco (1 specimen NMPC).
Temporal data.
Collected in August.
Remarks.
Inhabits the montane cloud forests of the Andean region at 2000 m a.s.l. The collection method is unknown.
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