Abundance: 0.15 to 2.22% (median 0.34%)

Latitudinal range: -20.8° to 18.5°

Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (1), lake (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1)

Found in 3 samples

Brazil: Hydrobiology and Aquaculture Station of the Federal University of Viçosa (pond 45), Itatira

Mexico: Sierra of Huautla Biosphere Reserve

See also Brachymesia, Brachymesia praecox