Torpacarus spp.

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Torpacarus spp.

Torpacarus 2 spp.: Vázquez et al. (2011).

Records in Mexico: Puebla, Veracruz, Queretaro, Quintana Roo and Campeche.

Biogeographic province: Balsas Basin. Sierra Madre Oriental. Yucatan Peninsula. Veracruzan. Chihuahuan Desert.

Habitat: Leaf litter (of various species) and soil of the Tehuacan Valley. Littoral zone. Soil and litter of Astrocaryum mexicanum and Guarea glabra . Low flooded rainforest. Soil, litter and guano in a cave. Xerophytic vegetation.

References: Estrada-Venegas & Sánchez (1986): 34–144; Estrada-Venegas et al. (1988): 231; Palacios-Vargas & Gamboa-Vargas (1997): 89; Palacios-Vargas et al. (1997): 35; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2000): 147; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2002): 273; Guzmán-Sánchez & Iglesias (2009): 17–19; Vázquez et al. (2011): 53; Sánchez-Rocha (2014): 37–38; Tome et al. (2015): 60; Villagomez et al. (2017): 30; Villagomez et al. (2019): 14636.