aciculata Loew, 1862: 142 (Psilopa) .

Type locality, West Indies, Cuba, Holguín: Santa Lucia (3 km N; 21°03.3'N, 75°59.8'W). NT M (des. by Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 2004: 256) (USNM).

Distr.: United States (Texas), Bahamas, Belize, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Colombia (Magdalena), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Limón, Puntarenas, San José), El Salvador, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Tabasco, Veracruz), Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, West Indies (Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent). Refs.: Williston, 1896: 394 (rev.); Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 2004: 255 –262 (rev.).