Type locality. “Asia” (in error).
Distribution. Widespread in the northern portion of South America, occurring in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela (Plt. 276A). In Brazil, widespread in Amazonia, Chiquitano Dry Forest, Cerrado, Caatinga, and northern portion of the Atlantic Forest (Plt. 276A), mostly at low elevations (Plt. 276B). Observed in the field in streams in forest (Martins and Oliveira, 1998) and savanna (Dal Vechio et al., 2013).