Pelocoris poeyi (Guérin-Méneville, 1835)

Geographical distribution: endemic to the Neotropical region, occurring from Cuba to northern South America.

Material from Cuba: Holguín, Baire, El Cayo, 22.III.1973, Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 2 Ψ, 4 nymphs (SDH, SIB). Arrollo Landivar, Santa Maria, 10.III.1973, Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 1 nymph (SDH, SIB) (Nieser 1977). Río Mayarí, Los Naranjos, 6.VI.2000, Aldana & Fonseca leg., 1 specimen (NHMC) (Aldana and Fonseca 2001). Río Givara, La Victoria, 5.II.2002, Hernández & Bauta leg., 1 specimen (NHMC); Río Cacoyoguin, La Lima, 14.VI. 200, Hernández & Bauta leg., 2 specimens (NHMC); Puente Blanco, 20.VI.2002, Hernández & Bauta leg., 1 specimen (NHMC) (Hernández and Bauta 2003). Sancti Spiritus, Río Tayaba, Pastora 2, 24.VI.2002, Y. Puerta leg., 1 specimen (NHMC) (Puerta 2003). Granma, Río Sevilla, La Manteca, 18.XII.2002, D. Hernández & Y. R. Cala leg., 2 specimens (NHMC); La Ceiba, 5.II.2003, D. Hernández & Y. R. Cala leg., 2 specimens (NHMC) (Hernández and Cala 2003). Río Bayamo, El Vivero, no date, P. Mateo, 1 specimen (NHMC) (Mateo 2005). Santiago de Cuba, Palma Soriano, Río Cauto, El Sitio, 1.VI.2005, Y. S. Megna, 5 specimens (NHMC) (Deler-Hernández et. al 2007). Guantánamo, Río Guantánamo, La Belleza, no date, G. Álvarez leg., 6 specimens (NHMC) (Álvarez 2007).

Habitat: found in Cuba in freshwater bodies with muddy bottoms and rich in aquatic vegetation up to 200 m above sea-level.