Metrobates tumidus Anderson, 1932

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 : 4

Metrobates tumidus Anderson, 1932

Geographical distribution: endemic to the Caribbean subregion, occurring in Cuba, Hispaniola, and Jamaica islands.

Material from Cuba: Trinidad Mountains, Mina Carlotta , 22.III.1925, J. G. Myers leg., 1 ɗ, 3 Ψ (KU). Guantánamo, Baracoa, VIII.1901, A. Busck leg., 3 ɗ, 1 Ψ ( USNM) ( Drake and Harris 1932). Camaguey, Río Máximo, La Sabana, 4 Km. al Norte del Poblado Charles Morell, 6.VI.2002, O. Bello. Leg., 16 specimens ( NHMC); 18.VII.2003, O. Bello. leg., 8 specimens ( NHMC); Cañada Amarilla, 22.VI.2002, O. Bello. Leg., 5 specimens ( NHMC); 13.VIII. 2004, O. Bello. leg., 12 specimens ( NHMC) ( Bello 2004). Guantánamo, Parque Nacional Alejandro De Humboldt, Ceremonia B, III.2003, A. Trapero leg., 4 specimens ( NHMC) (González- Lazo et al. 2005). Santiago de Cuba, Dos Palmas, Río Palenque, Campo Rico, 5.XII.2005, Y. S. Megna leg., 1 specimen ( NMHC) ( Deler-Hernández et al. 2007).

Habitat: slower and central areas of fast running, clear water rivers up to 750 m above sea-level. Comments: the species seems to be quite common in Cuba, and Alayo (1967, 1974) mentioned its occurrence at Matanzas, Baracoa, Río Duaba; Habana, near Molena del Sur, Río Mayabeque; and Viñales, San Vicente, Río San Vicente.