Amarygmus hydrophiloides Fairmaire, 1849

Amarygmus hydrophiloides Fairmaire, 1849: 450 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Vanuatu. Espiritu Santo Isl., CETRAV Arboretum, beating shrubs, 5.X.2006, leg. L. Soldati 1 ♂ and 3 other ex.(sex unknown) (MNHN). — Espiritu Santo Isl., littoral forest of Saraoutou, 9.X.2006, on a dead trunk, leg. L. Soldati, 3 ex. (MNHN), 2ex. (coll. LS) (sex unknown).

DISTRIBUTION. — One of the most common species of Amarygmus in the Papuan and Polynesian regions, it was first described by Fairmaire (1849) from Wallis and the Tonga-Tabou islands.