Ranatra fabricii Guérin-Méneville, 1857

Geographical distribution: endemic to Cuba.

Material from Cuba: La Habana, Santiago de Las Vegas, no date or collector, no specimen number (USNM). Matanzas, no date or collector, no specimen number (USNM) (De Carlo 1964). Isla de la Juventud, Base “J. A. Mella”, 24.IV.1973, Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 9 ɗ, 4 Ψ (SDH, SIB) (Nieser 1977). Holguín, Río Mayarí, Ojo de Agua, 11.VI.2000, M. Aldana & L. Fonseca leg, 2 specimens (NHMC); before Mayarí, 20.III.2001, M. Aldana & L. Fonseca leg., 1 specimen (NHMC) (Aldana and Fonseca 2001). Río Gibara, Cuatro Caminos, 6.II.2002, Hernández & Bauta leg, 2 specimens (NHMC); 18.VI.2001, Hernández & Bauta leg., 12 specimens (NHMC); La Palma, 10.II.2002, Hernández & Bauta leg., 67 specimens (NHMC); San Fernando, 7.II.2002, Hernández & Bauta leg., 4 specimens (NHMC); Cuevitas, 5.II.2002, Hernández & Bauta leg., 10 specimens (NHMC); Río Cacoyugüín, El Pachi, 3.II.2003, Hernández & Bauta leg., 1 specimen (NHMC) (Hernández and Bauta 2003).

Habitat: very common species, found in ponds, lakes, and muddy rivers up to 200 m above the sea-level.