Mesaphorura amazonica

Records from Rio de Janeiro State: Restinga de Itaipuaçu (22 ° 55 ’ 16 ” S; 42 ° 32 ’ 49 ” W), sand dunes and flooded areas (Fernandes & Mendonça 2004); Restinga de Maricá (22 ° 57 ’ 50 ” S; 42 ° 50 ’ 44 ” W), halophyte – psammophyte veg- etation and foredune vegetation (Fernandes & Mendonça 2007); Restinga da Marambaia (23 ° 02 ’ 37 ” S; 43 ° 35 ’ 47 ” W), guriri vegetation and dunes vegetation (Silveira 2014); Itatiaia National Park (22 ° 22 ’ 46 ” S; 44 ° 41 ’ 29 ” W), soil and leaf litter of highlands grasslands (Queiroz 2014). Occurrence in Brazil: endemic species, Amazonas, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.