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).