Phthiacnemia picta (Drury, 1773)
(Figs. 27, 51)
Distribution. This species is known from Antigua, Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, St. Croix, St. Martin, Surinam, the United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela and the Virgin Islands (Bl̂te 1936, Froeschner 1981, Maes & Ĝllner-Scheiding 1993, Brailovsky 2009, Packauskas 2010, Questel 2018, Brailovsky & Perez-Gelabert 2019). Bahamas, Bolivia, Dominica, Jamaica, Peru, St. Kitts (West Indies), and Trinidad are new country records.
Material Examined. New Records. Bahamas: Long Island Millertons, 1-VII-1994, R. M. & H. V. Baranowski (NMNH, 5), Andros Isl., San Andros, 22-VI-1976, J. W. Smith and F. D. Bennett (TAMU, 3) ; Bolivia: Beni: Rurrenabaque, W. M. Mann, XI-1921, Mulford BiolExp 1921–22 (NMNH, 1); Cochabamba: Sajta, Chapara, III-1992. L. E. Peňa (Drake, 3); La Paz: Guanay, X/ XI-1992, Coll. L. E. Peňa (Drake, 3; NMNH, 1), Sud Yungas, Puente Vila, 4300', 19–24-V-1989, J. E. Eger (TAMU, 5); Coroico (NMNH, 1); Nor Yungas, Rio Yolosa, 12-VI-2003, R. L. Johnson (BYUC, 1), Nor Yungas, La Cascadas, near Coroico, 16.212 ° S, 67.700 ° W, 1740m, 18-IV-2007, S. M. Clark (BYUC, 1), Nor Yungas, 0.8km E Coroico, 16.19 ° S, 67.72 ° W, 1610m, 14-III-2006, S. M. Clark (BYUC, 1), Nor Yungas, Huarinilla, 16.12 ° S, 67.48 ° W, 28-XI-2011, S. M. Clark (BYUC, 1); Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz de la Sierra, -17.798369 °, -63.071123 °, 26-XII-2016 – 2-I-2017, sweeping/beating collectors A. H. Knudson & E. Condarco Calles (AHKC, 1); Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 450 m, XI-1910, J. Steinbach (CMNH, 2); Santa Cruz, Buenavista, 380 m, 17°27’68”S, 63°39’63”W, 20-II-1979, J. Stange (FSCA, 1) ; Dominica: WI, Roseau, 0–100 m, VII-1976, N. L. H. Krauss (NMNH, 5) ; Jamaica: St. Ann, Parish, Mt. Diablo, 12-VIII-1985, G. C. Eickwort (UNAM, 2) ; Peru: Huanuco: Tambillo Grande Canyon, 13 km S Tingo Maria, 2800', 19-IV-1987, J. Ch. de Vela (TAMU, 3); Yarinacocha, 13-IV-1963, L. E. Peňa (NMNH, 2); Tingo Maria, 670 m, Weyrauch (NMNH, 2); St. Kitts ( West Indies), 17-VIII-1987, R. M. Baranowski (FSCA, 1) ; Trinidad: BWI, 4–5-I-21 (NMNH, 2); St. George Co., Univ W. I. Field Station, 15-VII-1978, R. M. Baranowski, C. J. Stieger (FSCA, 2) .