Sternoppia paraincisa Ermilov, Sandmann, Marian & Maraun, 2013

Distribution: Ecuador.

Records in Ecuador: Zamora Chinchipe (Podocarpus National Park-Bombuscaro and San Francisco Biological Reserve) and Loja (andean mountain region of the Loja valley).

Habitat: Upper organic soil layer in mostly undisturbed rain forest. Abandoned pasture soil. Soil and litter of alder ( Alnus acuminata). Litterbags of Puteria sp., Cavendishia zamorensis, Mollinedia sp., Graffenrieda emarginata and Clusia spp.

References: Ermilov et al. (2013e): 566-569; Ramírez-Castillo et al. (2018): 39-40; Marian et al. (2018): 268-270; Marian et al. (2020): 7.