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[email protected] *Corresponding address: Caputo Francesco Paolo; Via Gabrio Serbelloni 115 I-00176 Roma ABSTRACT — Cases of adults of Megadytes (Megadytes) sp. and of M. (Trifurcitus) robustus (Insecta, Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) attacking young of Podocnemis unifilis in headstarting pools in the Ecuadorian Amazon are recorded. The possible causes of this behaviour are briefly discussed. Megadytes (Trifurcitus) robustus is new to Ecuador.