Pentacora signoreti (Guérin-Méneville, 1857)

Geographical distribution: southern Canada in the Nearctic region to Cuba in the Caribbean subregion. Material from Cuba: Guantánamo, Playa de Yateritas, charcos salobres, no date, Alayo leg., several specimens (ESI) (Alayo 1967, 1974).

Habitat: mud in salt lagoons and marshes.

Comments. more common in Cuba than P. h i r t a; Alayo (1974) reported collecting specimens in salt marshes similar to those in Playa de Yateritas, but did not mention the localities.