Inhabits wet forest floor litter. Known from Winkler and Berlese samples.
Mexico to Colombia (type locality Costa Rica) (Fernandez 2003). Costa Rica: montane forests throughout country, becoming less common at lower elevations. Very common in Monteverde cloudforest; rare at La Selva. Material I have seen from Mexico is from cloud forest above 1800m.
Taxonomic history
Fernández, 2003b PDF: 30 (q.).Combination in Adelomyrmex: Kempf, 1972b PDF: 18.Senior synonym of Adelomyrmex brevispinosus: Longino, 2012 PDF: 32.
