Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) hamatus Ewing, 1909

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Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) hamatus Ewing, 1909

Hoplophorella floridae : Vázquez (1999); Estrada-Venegas (2000); Hoffmann & López-Campos (2000); Hoffmann & López-Campos (2002); Vázquez (2008); García (2017).

Distribution: Pantropical and subtropical.

Records in Mexico: Quintana Roo, Hidalgo, Yucatan, Jalisco, Veracruz, Guerrero, Puebla, Oaxaca, Veracruz and San Luis Potosi.

Biogeographic province: Yucatan Peninsula. Sierra Madre Oriental. Pacific Lowlands. Veracruzan. Transmexican Volcanic Belt. Veracruzan. Sierra Madre del Sur.

Habitat: Mangrove roots, moss. Leaf litter and soil of medium sub evergreen forest, lowland forest, mangrove and halophyte vegetation. Leaf litter ( Pinus cembroides ). Palm litter near the beach, litter near waterfalls, litter of Pinus oocarpa . Cave. Litter of coffee plantations. Deciduous forest. Rainforest. Low flooded rainforest leaf litter. Decaying trunks of Bursera simaruba and Spondias mombin .

References: Vázquez (1999): 52; Estrada-Venegas (2000): 20; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2000): 146; Hoffmann & López-Campos (2002): 273; Niedbała (2004): 135; Niedbała (2008): 809; Vázquez (2008): 11; Vázquez et al. (2016): 147–162; García (2017): 106–140; Ojeda et al. (2022): 6–10.