TABLE 2. Summary of Costa Rican collections of Myoplatypus brevicornis made by INBio parataxonomists. Abbreviations: “m” = male, “f” = female, “?” = not recorded; “nr. coll.” = number of collections. Full data for these 38 records are available at GBIF.org.
Province Canton Site Latitude, longitude Elevation Sex Collection method (nr coll.)
* The latitude given for the Limón specimens, 9.1052, cannot be correct since this would place the collection in the Pacific Ocean. Based on botanical collections from Limón Prov. that have roughly the same longitude and are also labeled Valle de Silencio (https://serv.biokic.asu.edu/neotrop/plantae/collections/list.php?db=104&country=Costa+Rica&page=96), I believe the correct latitude to be 9.13.
Heredia Barva Estación Barva 10.1192, -84.1217 2500 m 10 m not recorded (1)
Heredia Barva Estación Barva 10.1174, -84.1226 2500 m 1 f, 5? not recorded (1)
Cartago El Guarco Finca Los Lagos 9.6764, -83.8773 2600 m 11 m, 1 f Malaise trap 11,? 1 (7)
Cartago El Guarco Estación La Esperanza 9.6839, -83.8767 2600 m 1 m Hand collecting (1)
Cartago El Guarco Estación La Esperanza 9.6863, -83.8814 2700 m 1 m Pitfall trap (1)
Cartago El Guarco Estación La Esperanza 9.6868, -83.8777 2650 m 1 m; 1 m Pitfall trap; hand collecting (2)
Cartago El Guarco Estación La Esperanza 9.6913, -83.8768 2650 m 1 m, 1 f Hand collecting (1)
Cartago El Guarco Estación La Esperanza 9.6913, -83.8768 2650 m 1 m Light trap (1)
Limón Talamanca Refugio Valle de Silencio 9.1052*, -82.9639 2475 m 2 m; 1 m Malaise trap; flight intercept trap (1)