First country record of Metopiellus Raffray, 1908 (Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Metopiasini) from Ecuador, with description of two new species

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Tapuy-Avilés, Yarina, Díaz-Guevara, David R., Caterino, Michael S. (2026): First country record of Metopiellus Raffray, 1908 (Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Metopiasini) from Ecuador, with description of two new species. ZooKeys 1266: 127-135, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1266.169869AbstractTwo new species from the genus Metopiellus Raffray, 1908 (Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Metopiasini) are described from both sides of the Ecuadorian Andes: Metopiellus palamaku sp. nov. from the Amazon in eastern Ecuador and Metopiellus chasqui sp. nov. from montane cloud forest in western Ecuador. These findings represent the first country record of the genus.