orientalis Schiner, 1868:295 . Type locality: “Tellnschong”, Nicobar Is. HT F (NMW) (Pont, 1986:18). Distr.: Mexico, El Salvador, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, Virgin Is. of the United States, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, Colombia (Antioquia (Copacabana, La Pintada, Medellín), Magdalena (Santa Marta)), Guyana, Ecuador, Galápagos Is., Peru, Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Easter Is. cosmotropical. Refs.: Gallego, 1967:44 (Colombia, ex Citrus); Anon, 1968:135 (Colombia, ex Citrus); Pont, 1972:18 –20; de Carvalho & Couri, 2002a:38 (key to species); de Carvalho et al., 2005:12 (cat.); Uribe-M et al., 2010:464; Salazar-Ortega et al., 2012:563; Ramírez et al., 2012:30.

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Antioquia: Copacabana, El Cabuyal, 1,650m, 1 female, vii-viii.2002, Grisales & Rivera Leg., Vsr Fish (CEUA); Medellín, Universidad de Antioquia sede Veterinaria, 1,450m, 1 female, 10.v.1990, A. Uribe Leg., entomological net over a pig carcass (CEUA); La Pintada, Camping los Farallones, 5°44'48"N, 75°36'34"W, 660m, 3 females, 16.ii.2007, E. Florez & M.A. Botero Leg., Vsr Fish (CEUA); Magdalena: Santa Marta, finca Kalashe-Kalabia, 11º 16.498N, 74º 05.829W, 143m, 2 females, 26.i.2008, E. Perdomo & C. Valverde Leg., Pig (CEUA).