Heterelmis obscura Sharp, 1882

Distribution.

Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Estado de México, Morelos, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz), Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Brazil (Sharp 1882; Grouvelle 1889; Hinton 1940b; Blackwelder 1944; Brown 1972b; Santiago-Fragoso and Spangler 1995; Passos et al. 2009; Segura et al. 2013; Jäch et al. 2016). Previous altitudinal records of H. obscura are from 1,463 m and 2,438 m (Hinton 1940b). In this study, the species was found in all sampled levels (670-1,776 m).

Comments.

Collected on substrates of gravel, macrophytes, and leaf packs, throughout sampling months (February 2018 through February 2019, dry and rainy season).