Lethocerus colossicus (Stål, 1854)

Geographical distribution: endemic to the Neotropical region, occurring from Mexico to Panama.

Material from Cuba: Santiago de Cuba, XI.1932, P. J. Bermudez leg., no specimen number (KU). La Habana, Central San Antonio, Madruga, 8.VI.1932, P. J. Bermudez leg., no specimen number (KU) (Cummings 1933). Granma, Rio Bayamo, Guisa, 19.VI.2004, P. Mateo leg., 2 specimens (NHMC); 22.I.2005, P. Mateo leg., 1 specimen (NHMC) (Mateo 2005). La Habana, no date or collector, 1 ɗ 1 Ψ (NHMW) (Perez- Goodwyn 2006).

Habitat: not as common in Cuba as L. medius (Guérin-Méneville, 1857), but sometimes collected at light together with representatives of the last species.