Rhagovelia cubana Polhemus, 1997

Geographical distribution: endemic to Cuba.

Material from Cuba: La Habana, no date, F. Z. Cervera leg., 1 ɗ, 2 Ψ. (KU). Matanzas, W. of Matanzas, Yumuri Valley, arroyo in Mena, 16.V.1932, P. J. Bermudez leg., 10 ɗ, 8 Ψ. (KU). Villa Clara, Trinidad Mountains, San Blas, S.C. Bruner & A. Otero leg., 05.V.1932, 1 ɗ (USNM); 1-9.III.1933, MacGillavry leg., 3 ɗ, 4 Ψ (JTPC, USNM). Trinidad Mountains, Mina Carlotta, 11.VII.1939, C. T. Parsons leg., 5 Ψ (JTPC). San Juan de Yeras, Arroyo los Ganzos, 22.I.1932, P. J. Bermudez leg., 10 ɗ, 10 Ψ (KU, JTPC) (Polhemus 1997).

Habitat: found on mid-altitude localities; probably ecologically segregated from R. collaris, for the two species have not been collected at the same locality up to the present.