title: Two new species of Oxytrechus Jeannel, 1927 from Ecuador (Coleoptera, Carabidae).
abstract: Two new species of Oxytrechus Jeannel 1927 are described from the páramos of the Ecuadorian Andes in Pichincha province (Ecuador: Northern Sierra): O. osellai n. sp. from Cangahua at 3375 m a.s.l. and O. belloi n. sp. from Paso de la Virgen at 3515 m a.s.l.
authors.affiliation: Settore Fitosanitario Regionale, Environment Park, Palazzina A2, via Livorno 60, I-10144 Torino.; Email: piermauro.giachino@regione.piemonte.it.
authors.forename: Pier Mauro
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Giachino
authors.affiliation: CRA/PLF Unità di Ricerca per le Produzioni Legnose Fuori Foresta, Strada Frassineto 35, I-15033 Casale Monferrato (AL).; Email: gianni.allegro@entecra.it.
authors.forename: Gianni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Allegro
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological and Environmental Science Messina University Viale Ferdinando Stagno d'Alcontres, 31 98166 Messina (Italy).; Email: cbaviera@unime.it.
authors.forename: Cosimo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baviera
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D017753:Ecosystem; D004484:Ecuador; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size