Discothyrea are extremely small, cryptobiotic inhabitatants of forest leaf litter (see Genus Overview). In Costa Rica, I have collected workers of this species from three different Winkler samples from three different sites on and near the Osa Peninsula: Sirena, Rancho Quemado, and a site 19km S of Ciudad Neilly.
The type locality of humilis is Panama (Barro Colorado Island). I have seen humilis-like material from Venezuela, Trinidad, Panama, and Costa Rica. In Costa Rica I have seen specimens only from the Osa Peninsula region, in spite of extensive collecting elsewhere.
Taxonomic history
See also: Sosa-Calvo & Longino, 2008 PDF: 226; Chaul, 2020 10.46357/bcnaturais.v15i1.266 PDF: 207.
