Carphina arcifera Bates, 1872

Carphina arcifera Bates, 1872: 223; Chemsak & Linsley, 1970: 409 (lect.).

Type locality — Lectotype female: Nicaragua, Chontales (BMNH).

Distribution — Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas, Nayarit), Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Galapagos Islands (introduced).

Chaetacosta Gilmour, 1961

(Figs. 40–41)

Chaetacosta Gilmour, 1961: 354 .

Type species — Chaetacosta vittithorax Gilmour, 1961 (original designation).

Diagnosis. Species of reduced dimensions (total length 3 – 5 mm); prothorax with lateral tubercle placed in the posterior third; elytra without carinae, with tuft of setae on the soft longitudinal elevations; mesoventral process as wide as one-third of a mesocoxa. Number of species currently included: 1.