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Distribution Notes:

Costa Rica.

Comments:

Note by Longino:

Part of the N. echinatinodis species complex. It has extensive sculpturing, with the face entirely punctatorugose and the fourth abdominal tergite strongly shagreened anteriorly. I have only one collection of this species, from Palo Verde Biological Station in seasonally dry northwestern Costa Rica. A sprawling vine was common along the river bank. The stems had soft pith and were often inhabited by ants. A small nest occurred in one of the live stems.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times River edge at Bird Island. A sprawling vine common along bank had soft pith and.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 1 times pan trap.

Elevations: collected from 10 - 325 meters, 88 meters average

Type specimens:

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