Taeniophallus persimilis (Cope, 1869)

Type locality. Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 224A). Restricted to the southern portion of the Atlantic Forest (Plt. 224A), mostly at high elevations (Plt. 224B). Observed in the field in secondary forest (Hartmann et al., 2009; Barbo et al., 2011).