Taxonomic history
| Subspecies of Procryptocerus subpilosus: Forel, 1911g PDF: 263. |
| Junior synonym of Procryptocerus subpilosus: Kempf, 1963c PDF: 435. |
| Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Longino & Snelling, 2002 PDF: 17. |
Costa Rica, Panama.
This species inhabits primary rainforest, where workers are encountered on low vegetation and in treefalls. In Costa Rica, it is sympatric with the very similar P. paleatus and P. tortuguero.
Found most commonly in these habitats: 4 times found in CCL 840M, 4 times found in montane wet forest, 2 times found in CCL 400, 1 times found in La Selva, 2 times found in SSO 450m, 1 times found in recent clearing in rainforest, 1 times found in SSO 350m, 1 times found in tropical wet forest, 1 times found in 2nd growth veg., 1 times found in CCL 400 m, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 30 times Fogging, 8 times Search, 4 times Malaise, 1 times Foggin, 1 times miniWinkler
Elevations: collected from 50 - 750 meters, 85 meters average
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