Table 2. Previously recorded species of Ideobisium Balzan, 1892 and Ideoblothrus Balzan, 1892 in Ecuador, their type localities and sampling locations.

Species	Type locality	Records in Ecuador	Linear distance type locality – Tena and Otongachi Natural Reserve (ONR), Ecuador	Literature
Ideobisium crassimanum Balzan, 1892	Caracas, Venezuela, 10°30′ N, 66°55′ W	Ecuador continental, Oriente, tropical forest in Archidona, alt. 750 m, humus	ca 1750 km (Tena), 1800 km (ONR)	(Balzan 1892; Beier 1977; Harvey 2013)
Ideobisium ecuadorense Muchmore, 1982	Los Tayos Cave, Cordillera del Condor, Ecuador, 3°01′ S, 78°15′ W	Los Tayos Cave, Cordillera del Condor	ca 230 km (Tena), 316 km (ONR)	(Muchmore 1982)
Ideoblothrus costaricensis (Beier, 1931)	Tuis, Cartago, Costa Rica, 9°51′ N, 83°35′ W	Ecuador continental, Oriente, tropical forest in Archidona, alt. 750 m, humus; tropical forest in Pugo, alt. 800 m	ca 1360 km (Tena), 1230 km (ONR)	(Beier 1931, 1977; Harvey 2013)