Bitta hymeniphera (Westwood, 1840), comb. reins.

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Distribution. Colombia, Mexico, Surinam, Trinidad and Venezuela (Packauskas 2010, Brailovsky 2016). Costa Rica and Panama are new country records.

Material Examined. New Records. Costa Rica: Osa Peninsula, Sirena Station, [5]- VII-1986, C. N. Duckett (NMNH, 2); La Florida, 500 ft (NMNH, 2); Carillo (NMNH, 1) ; Panama: Upper Pequeini River Canal Zone (NMNH, 5) .

Remarks. Brailovsky (2016) designated Bitta flavolineata osunai Brailovsky & Mayorga, 1995 a junior synonym of A. hymenipherus . This is reflected in the presented distribution.