Habitat and distribution
The species was collected in drilling holes, occurring in the
Subterranean Shallow Habitat (SSH), its known distribution is restricted
to the type locality, despite the sampling efforts in nearby areas and
in the whole region, an important mining area which is being
consistently sampled in the last decade.
Good’s Biogeographic zone 27(Culik & Zeppelini 2003, Good 1974). The
climate according to Köppen’s system is As (Köppen 1936, de Sá Júnior et
al., 2012, Shear 1966), presenting dry winters and wet summers, average
temperatures of 18°C during winter and 22°C in summer (valid for all the
five species described here).