Scaphidysderina cotopaxi Platnick & Duperre, 2011

New records.

ECUADOR: Cotopaxi Province: OTONGA Biological Reserve, 21.vi.-02.vii.2014, 1♂3♀, pitfall, E. Tapia, C. Tapia, N. Dupérré (ZMH); (00.41433°S, 79.00035°W) 1888m, 16.viii.-05.ix.2014, 2♂, E. Tapia, C. Tapia, N. Dupérré (ZMH); (00.41564°S, 79.00425°W) 2105m, 08-21.vi.2014, 1♂, E. Tapia, C. Tapia, N. Dupérré (ZMH); 05-19.ix.2014, 2♂2♀, pitfall, E. Tapia, C. Tapia, N. Dupérré (ZMH); 13-25.xi.2014, 2♂, E. Tapia, C. Tapia, N. Dupérré (ZMH); 25.xi.-08.xii.2014, 2♂, E. Tapia, C. Tapia, N. Dupérré (ZMH); (00.41564°S, 79.00425°W) 2225m, 24.v.-08.vi.2014, 2♂, E. Tapia, C. Tapia, N. Dupérré (ZMH); 05-16.viii.2014, 1♂ E. Tapia (ZMH); 16.viii.-05.ix.2014, 3♂, E. Tapia, C. Tapia, N. Dupérré (ZMH); 13-25.xi.2014, 3♂3♀, E. Tapia (DTC); 25.xi.-08.xii.2014, 1♂1♀, E. Tapia, C. Tapia, N. Dupérré (AMNH).

Natural history.

In our study, all specimens except one were collected between 2105 and 2225m. Specimens in a previous study were collected between 300 and 3865m (Platnick and Dupérré 2011).

Distribution.

Cotopaxi, Pichincha, Los Ríos, Manabí and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Provinces (Ecuador).