Latitudinal range: -22.2° to 36.8°

Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (3), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1)

Found in 8 samples

China: Foping National Nature Reserve (2020)

Egypt: St. Catherine's Monastery (spring)

Kenya: Ngulia Safari Lodge

Madagascar: Réserve Naturella d'Intégrale d'Andringitra (1625 m)

Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park

Spain: Cueva de Nerja (Tardiglacial) (Late Pleistocene), Cueva de Nerja (Early Holocene) (Holocene)

Zambia: Balmoral

See also Monticola angolensis, Monticola brevipes, Monticola saxatilis, Monticola sharpei, Monticola solitarius