Alcaeorrhynchus grandis (Dallas, 1851) [Fig. 1]

Distribution. USA, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina.

Distribution in Colombia. Chocó, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, and Valle del Cauca.

Remarks. Alcaeorrhynchus grandis has the humeral angles bifid and directed forward. It is the only species recorded widely in the Neotropical region. Alcaeorrhynchus phymatophorus (Palisot de Beauvoius, 1805) is only known from the Caribbean, including the Florida Keys.

References. Thomas 1992.

Examined material. COLOMBIA: 1♂, Chocó, Cuevita, 01 vi 1950, L. Richter / ICN _055397 (ICN); 1♀, Cundinamarca, Bogotá, Barrio Galerías, 31 vi 2010, J. Avendaño (ICN) ; 1♂, Magdalena, Santa Marta, PNN Tayrona, 8 xii 1977, M. Romero / ICN _055398 (ICN); 1♀, Meta, Villavicencio, Bosque Bavaria, 600m, M. Rodríguez, 10 iv 2006 / MPUJ _ ENT 0018128 (MPUJ _ ENT) ; 1♂, 2♀, Valle del Cauca, Buenaventura, vii 1962 / MPUJ _ ENT 0010679 (MPUJ _ ENT); Cali, 1000 m, 20 vi 1980, 22792 (MUSENUV); Rio Maya, Playa el Ají, 0 m, 28 iv 1984, Yesid Solarte, 22791 (MUSENUV) .