With a
pantropical distribution
T. minutissima occurs in
Panama, the
Philippines,
Indonesia,
Thailand and
Guam. It is especially abundant in the tropical forest leaf litter on
El Yunque,
Puerto Rico. However, with more than a thousand specimens collected over many years, none has ever been a male. It is now known that at least this species, and possibly others in the genus
Theotima, reproduce
parthenogenetically. Its preferred habitat is litter composed of smaller leaves in second growth forests with understory shrubs or in those forests with damper and more easily decayed leaves such as
mahogany. The species prefers elevations less than 800m. ==References==