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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)

// Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Africa: Comoros, Madagascar
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Malagasy

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 212 times found in rainforest, 91 times found in montane rainforest, 20 times found in littoral rainforest, 9 times found in montane forest, 5 times found in rainforest, transition to montane forest, 8 times found in disturbed dry forest, 3 times found in montane shrubland, 5 times found in littoral forest, 3 times found in littoral forest on sandy soil, 3 times found in littoral rainforest edge, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 72 times sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), 114 times ex rotten log, 41 times ex dead twig above ground, 24 times sifted litter, 6 times on low vegetation, 6 times ex dead branch above ground, 6 times under moss, above ground, 4 times ex soil, 2 times under tree bark, live tree, 2 times under moss on live tree, 3 times ex rotten stick on ground, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 8 times 9 MaxiWinks, mixed samples, 21 times MW 50 sample transect, 5m, 2 times 8 maxi winks, 1 times 9 maxi winks, 19 times MW 25 sample transect, 5m, 14 times Malaise trap, 10 times Beat 25 sample transect, 10m, beating low vegetation, 1 times 7 maxi winks, 7 times 03 MaxiWinks, mixed samples, 9 times yellow pan trap, YP 25 trap transect, 10 times Malaise, ...

Elevations: collected from 3 - 1620 meters, 616 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1992-11-17 and 2014-03-15

Type specimens: syntype of Paratrechina glabra: casent0101565, casent0101686, casent0101844

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