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Hanken,
James
1976
Journal
19 July Hotel Restaurant at El Molino, Oaxaca, Mexico
scrubby growth beside the road. The next two
localities were 13.5 and 20.5 mi. N of Cuelatas,
respectively, both over 9000' elev. In both cases
working the mature, wet, pine-oak forest with
abundant moss + bromeliads was not very
fruitful. Few Thorius were taken at these
localities, and the majority of those were taken
in the disturbed, relatively exposed, scrubby
growth beside the road under logs, rocks, +
rubbish. Are they actually more abundant in
these areas or is the forest just so wet as
to not concentrate them under cover objects?
One Thorius was found by Doug under a rock beside the road at the first locality.
The next two localities were both N of Llano
de las Flores. We chose disturbed areas with
exposed rocks and logs in the hopes of getting
more Thorius. The first locality was 2.7 mi.
N of Llano ... (or 25.4 mi. N of Cuelatas)
on a hillside with a narrow swale cut over
for transmission lines. Approx. 35 Thorius
were taken representing two species, one
large and one small, apparently the same two
which were found at Llano de las Flores
in the winter. There were two instances
where the two species were found in the same
log, once by Doug with an indiv. of each
within the outer first inch of a rotten log,
and once by me with one indiv. of the smaller