Genus Parabystus Portevin

Parabystus Portevin, 1907: 80 . Type species: Scotocryptus inquilinus Matthews (monotypy).

Distribution: Central America.

Biology: Eyeless and flightless, in meliponine bee nests.

Note: Review, illustrations, biology, hosts, and redescription in Peck, 2003a: 69.

P. inquilinus (Matthews, 1887: 81)

(Scotocryptus); Portevin, 1907: 80 comb; Silvestri, 1910: 66 [as “ Scotocryptus (Parabystus) ”]; Hatch, 1936: 41; Peck, 2003a: 69 (lectotype designation, redescription).

Lectotype male (the male illustrated; designated in Peck, 2003a; original description refers to two specimens, sex and depository not given) in BMNH.

Type locality: Cerro Zunil, [Quetzaltenango Department], Guatemala.

Distribution: Costa Rica: Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Limón, and San José Provinces; Guatemala: Quetzaltenango Department; Mexico: Veracruz State; Panama: Canal Zone and Colón Province.