Limnogonus franciscanus (Stål, 1859), Stal, 1859

Riviaux, Senén Muñoz, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo & López, Carlos Naranjo, 2010, Checklist, distribution, and habitat of the semiaquatic and aquatic bugs from Cuba (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Dipsocoromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha), Zootaxa 2562, pp. 1-23 : 3-4

Limnogonus franciscanus (Stål, 1859)

Geographical distribution: southern United States in the Nearctic region to Peru in the Neotropical region.

Material from Cuba: Río Bayamo, no date, T. Barbour leg., several specimens ( MCZ) ( Drake and Harris 1933). Habana, La Habana, no date or collector, several specimens (KU) ( Kuitert 1942). Santiago de Las Vegas, 11.XI.1958, P. H. van Doesburg Jr. leg., 4 ɗ, 3 Ψ (RNH) ( Nieser 1970). Guantánamo, Río Miel, Baracoa, 5.IV.1969, Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 2 ɗ, 1 Ψ (SDH, SIB). Arroyo Jarahueca, 25.III.1973, Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ (SDH, SIB). Resurgent of the Cueva El Indio, 15.IV.1973, Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 1 Ψ (SDH, SIB) ( Nieser 1977). Holguín, Río Mayarí, after Mayarí, 19.III.2001, M. Aldana & L. Fonseca leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC) ( Aldana and Fonseca 2001). Granma, Río Sevilla, El Chalet, 2.II.2003, D. Hernández & Y. R. Cala leg., 6 specimens ( NHMC); Alto Montero, 3.II.2003, D. Hernández & Y. R. Cala leg., 2 specimens ( NHMC) ( Hernández and Cala 2003). Río Gibara , La Palma, 10.II.2002, Hernández & Bauta leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC); Río Cacoyoguín, El Pachi, 3.II.2003, Hernández & Bauta leg., 51 specimens ( NHMC); La Lima, 14.VI.2003, Hernández & Bauta leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC) ( Hernández and Bauta 2003). Camaguey, Río Máximo, Criadero de cocodrilos, 20.VI.2002, O. Bello leg., 8 specimens ( NHMC); 6.VIII.2003, O. Bello leg., 6 specimens ( NHMC); 18.II.2002, O. Bello leg., 10 specimens ( NHMC); 12.III.2003, O. Bello leg., 10 specimens ( NHMC) ( Bello 2004). Guantánamo, Río Guaso, La Jita (3km antes de la Desembocadura), 19.I.2004, Y. Rodríguez & K. González leg., 2 specimens ( NHMC) ( Rodríguez and González 2004). Granma, Río Bayamo, Guisa, P. Mateo leg., 14 specimens ( NHMC); Charcos Los Pitos, P. Mateo leg., 11 specimens ( NHMC) ( Mateo 2005). Guantánamo, Río Guantánamo, La Belleza, 16.III.2006,. Álvarez leg., 6 specimens ( NHMC) ( Álvarez 2007). Santiago de Cuba, Palma Soriano, Río Cauto, El Sitio, 1.VI.2005, Y. S. Megna leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC); Laguna Temporal-1, La Cubana , 2.XI.2005, Y. S. Megna leg., 2 specimens. ( NHMC) ( Deler-Hernández et. al 2007).

Habitat: most abundant and widespread Cuban gerrid; inhabits stagnant or slow-flowing waters up to 600 m above the sea-level.