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Taxonomic history
Southern Mexico to Costa Rica. Doubtful record from Santa Catarina State, Brazil.
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Found most commonly in these habitats: 24 times found in montane wet forest, 9 times found in mature wet forest, 4 times found in rainforest, 3 times found in tropical rainforest, with big trees, probably primary, 1 times found in forest, 1 times found in SSE, 3 times found in mixed forest, 2 times found in tropical rainforest, 2 times found in tropical wet forest, 2 times found in wet forest, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 23 times ex sifted leaf litter, 15 times Hojarasca, 1 times ex rotten log, 3 times litter, 2 times ex sifted litter, 2 times Cerca del Refugio Cascante, 1 times ex rotten wood, 1 times Berlese, 2 times suelo, 1 times on dead wood, 1 times canopy, under epiphytes, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 11 times Winkler, 12 times Berlese, 11 times miniWinkler, 13 times Mini Winkler, 7 times search, 7 times maxiWinkler, 1 times Davis sifter, 2 times flight intercept trap, 1 times Transecto Tatamá, TAT 203, 1 times 6L sifted litter, extracted in Winkler sack over 36 hours, 1 times FIT, ...
Elevations: collected from 35 - 2000 meters, 746 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1971-02-19 00:00:00.0 and 2020-02-16 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: syntype of Eurhopalothrix gravis: casent0900928; syntype of Rhopalothrix reichenspergeri: casent0912537