Fig 1.
Neighbour-joining tree for the sublineages of Liodessus quillacinga.
Green L. quillacinga ecuadoriensis ssp. nov., Blue L. quillacinga cochaensis, Pink L. quillacinga quillacinga, Red L. quillacinga cumbalis, Black outgroup.
Fig 2.
Maps of A sampling localities and B lineages of Liodessus quillacinga. Blue coloured areas represent Páramo habitats.
Fig 3.
Habitus of A L. quillacinga quillacinga holotype (HT) and paratype (PT), B L. quillacinga cochaensis holotype (HT) and paratype (PT), C L. cumbalis holotype (HT) and paratype (PT), D–F L. quillacinga ecuadoriensis ssp. nov. paratypes from different localities. Scale bar: 1 mm.
Fig 4.
Median lobes in lateral view of Liodessus species A L. quillacinga quillacinga holotype (HT) and paratype (PT), B L. quillacinga cochaensis holotype (HT) and paratype (PT), C L. cumbalis holotype (HT) and D–G L. quillacinga ecuadoriensis ssp. nov. paratypes from different localities. Scale bar: 0.3 mm.
Fig 5.
Median lobes in ventral view of Liodessus species A L. quillacinga cumbalis holotype (HT), B L. quillacinga quillacinga holotype (HT) and paratype (PT), B L. quillacinga cochaensis holotype (HT) and paratype (PT), D–H L. quillacinga ecuadoriensis ssp. nov. paratypes from different localities. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.
Fig 6.
Haplotype network for Liodessus quillacinga, including information of main sublineages.
Fig 7.
Heatmap of pairwise comparison of Fst values among L. quillacinga sublineages.
Table 1.
Nucleotide diagnostic characters in the COI alignment for sublineages of Liodessus quillacinga (above) and Liodessus quimbaya (below).
Fig 8.
Holotype of Liodessus quillacinga ecuadoriensis ssp. nov. from the Laguna San Pablo, 2,700 m, 0.199° -78.2331°.
Scale bar: 1 mm.
Fig 9.
A–D Habitus of Liodessus quillacinga ecuadoriensis ssp. nov. paratypes from different localities.
Fig 10.
Habitats of Liodessus quillacinga ecuadoriensis ssp. nov., A Otavalo, Laguna San Pablo (locus typicus); B Mt. Cotopaxi, small wet patch; C Mt. Antisana, La Mica area.
Fig 11.
Neighbour-joining tree for the sublineages of Liodessus quimbaya.
Blue L. quimbaya azufralis stat. nov., Green L. quimbaya quimbaya, Pink L. quimbaya paletara ssp. nov., Black outgroup.
Fig 12.
Maps of A sampling localities and B lineages of Liodessus quimbaya. Blue coloured areas represent Páramo habitats.
Fig 13.
Habitus of A L. quimbaya azufralis stat. nov. paratypes (PT), B L. quimbaya quimbaya holotype (HT), C–D L. quimbaya azufralis stat. nov. from different localities. Scale bar: 1 mm.
Fig 14.
Habitus of A L. quimbaya quimbaya from Malvaza, B L. quimbaya paletara ssp. nov. paratypes and holotype (HT), C–D L. quimbaya azufralis stat. nov. from different localities. Scale bar: 1 mm.
Fig 15.
Median lobes in lateral view of A L. quimbaya azufralis stat. nov. holotype (HT) and paratype (PT), B–D from Ecuador; E L. quimbaya quimbaya holotype (HT) and paratype (PT), F L. quimbaya paletara ssp. nov. Scale bar: 0.3 mm.
Fig 16.
Median lobes in lateral view of Liodessus species A L. quimbaya paletara ssp. nov. paratype and holotype (HT), B L. quimbaya quimbaya from Malvaza. Scale bar: 0.3 mm.
Fig 17.
Median lobes in ventral view of Liodessus species A L. quimbaya quimbaya holotype (HT) and paratype (PT), B L. quimbaya azufralis stat. nov. holotype (HT) and paratype (PT), C L. quimbaya paletara ssp. nov. holotype (HT) and paratype (PT), D L. quimbaya quimbaya from Malavaza, E–I L. quimbaya azufralis stat. nov. from different localities. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.
Fig 18.
Haplotype network for Liodessus quimbaya, including information of main sublineages.
Fig 19.
Heatmap of pairwise comparison of Fst values among L. quimbaya sublineages.