Polytrichophora conciliata Cresson 1924

Polytrichophora conciliata Cresson

Polytrichophora conciliata Cresson, 1924:161; 1942:114 [review].—Johnson, 1925:271 [list, Maine, Massachusetts]; 1930:153 [list, Massachusetts].—Wirth, 1965:740 [Nearctic catalog].

SPECIMENS EXAMINED.—BELIZE. Belize District: Turneffe Islands: Rope Walk Cay (17°13′N, 87°51′W), Mar 1993, W.N. Mathis (1). Stann Creek District: Man of War Cay, Nov 1987, Jul 1989, Jun 1990, W.N. and D. Mathis, H.B. Williams (19, 24); Round Cay (near Coco Plum Cay), Mar 1988, W.N. Mathis (4, 5); Saddle Cay, Mar 1988, W.N. Mathis (3, 4); Stewart Cay, Mar 1988, Jul 1989, W.N. Mathis, H.B. Williams (4, 14); Tobacco Range, Jul 1989, W.N. Mathis, H.B. Williams (4, 4); Twin Cays (Aanderaa Flats, dock area, east shore of East Island, mud flat near Lair Channel, south end of West Island, West Bay), Jan 1987, Mar 1988, Jul 1989, Jun 1990, W.N. Mathis, C. Feller, H.B. Williams (61, 84); Wee Wee Cay, Jan, Nov 1987, Mar 1988, Jul 1989, W.N. and D. Mathis, C. Feller (11 25). Glover's Reef (Southwest Cay), Jul 1989, W.N. Mathis (7, 3).

DISTRIBUTION.—Nearctic: Canada (QB), USA (AL, CA, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OK, TX, VA). Neotropical: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies (Dominica, Grand Cayman).

DIAGNOSIS.—This species can be distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: parafacial color not markedly different from that of middle of face, usually silvery white; forefemur with anteroventral row of 9–10 short, stout setae on apical one-half; anterior margin of wing lacking large, spine-like setae; and conformation of the male terminalia, especially the ventral one-third of the epandrium, which in lateral view is curved anteriorly, more or less parallel sided, digitiform.

Saltmarshes.