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.