This species occurs in disturbed habitats of mid to high elevation sites. It has been found in coffee farms and suburban areas in the Central Valley and in scrubby pasture edge on the dry Pacific slope just below Monteverde. Two collections have been from beneath stones. Bob Anderson collected the species at a high elevation site, 2500m, at Valle de Silencio in the southern Talamanca range. This collection is of very dark specimens, like the types.
Costa Rica: Cordillera de Tilar‡n, Meseta Central, Cordillera de Talamanca.
