Hygronemobius Hebard, 1913

Hygronemobius Hebard, 1913: 451 .

Type species. Nemobius alleni Morse, 1905 .

Diagnosis. See Desutter-Grandcolas (1993).

Distribution. The presence of Hygronemobius is confirmed in the forest of tropical South America (Peru, French Guiana, Guyana, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile). The genus is also mentioned from the Bahamas ( H. alleni (Morse, 1905)), Cuba ( H. histrionicus Zayas, 1974), and the Galapagos ( H. daphne Otte and Peck, 1998); its presence in Central America is confirmed now in Belize ( Hygronemobius sanaco Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009, n. comb.). Its presence in the République Dominicaine with H. epia Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009 will have to be checked (see infra). It is mentioned here for the first time from Guadeloupe.