Checklist, distribution, and habitat of the semiaquatic and aquatic bugs from Cuba (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Dipsocoromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha) Author Riviaux, Senén Muñoz Author Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo Author López, Carlos Naranjo text Zootaxa 2010 2562 1 23 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.197138 26cce9c9-d939-4b69-8a24-b5a9c36aad78 1175-5326 197138 Microvelia paludicola Champion, 1898 Geographical distribution: southern United States in the Nearctic region to Puerto Rico in the Caribbean subregion. Material from Cuba : Guantánamo, Río Miel, Baracoa, 05.IV.1969 , Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 1 ɗ (SDH, SIB). Arroyo de La Poa, Baracoa, 23.II.1973 , Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 1 ɗ (SDH, SIB). Holguín, Pinares de Mayarí, arroyo, 02.III.1973 , Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 1 ɗ (SDH, SIB). Río Mogote, near Matías, 21.III.1973 , Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 6 ɗ, 8 Ψ (SDH, SIB). Arroyo Jarahueca, 25.III.1973 , Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ (SDH, SIB). Pinar del Río, Quemado de Pineda, arroyo, 14.IV.1973 , Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 2 ɗ, 4 Ψ (SDH, SIB) ( Nieser 1977 ). Holguín, Río Cacoyugüín, Puente Blanco, 5.XI.2002 , Hernández & Bauta leg, 60 specimens ( NHMC ); 20.VI.2002 , Hernández & Bauta leg., 42 specimens ( NHMC ) ( Hernández and Bauta 2003 ). Habitat: common species throughout the year in Cuba , found in both stagnant water and slowly flowing streams near sea-level.