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Distribution Notes:

Mexico to Panama.

Biology:

Occurs in wet to dry forested habitats, second growth to mature. It is often a common element in forest floor leaf litter and rotten wood.

Comments:

DNA barcoding data show a single cluster with several subclusters. There is variation in color and robustness. Smaller, orange to medium brown specimens occur in the lowlands, grading to more robust, darker forms in cloud forests. These color forms are not concordant with DNA barcode clusters.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 434 times found in cloud forest, 349 times found in mature wet forest, 287 times found in tropical rainforest, 263 times found in montane wet forest, 139 times found in lowland rainforest, 106 times found in 2º lowland rainforest, 99 times found in tropical moist forest, 95 times found in tropical wet forest, 91 times found in mesophil forest, 82 times found in 2º mesophil forest, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 2386 times ex sifted leaf litter, 87 times Hojarasca, 68 times ex sifted litter from forest floor, 59 times sifted litter, 24 times forest litter, 13 times ex sifted leaf litter on ground, 2 times Hojarasca., 2 times wet forest litter, 1 times wet for. leaf litter, 7 times Hojarasca, bosque, 6 times ex sifted litter, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 1994 times MiniWinkler, 269 times Winkler, 258 times MaxiWinkler, 80 times Berlese, 102 times Mini Winkler, 21 times Berlese/Winkler, 7 times Night MiniWinkler, 5 times Pan Trap, 4 times Baiting, 4 times search, 2 times fogging, ...

Elevations: collected from 5 - 2600 meters, 807 meters average

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