New distributional records of Gerromorpha Popov, 1971 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Cuba

Abstract

Distributional records of fourteen species of Gerromorpha, belonging to the families Gerridae, Hebridae, Hydrometridae, Mesoveliidae, and Veliidae, are reported from Cuba. The following species are recorded for the first time from eastern Cuba: Rheumatobates clanis Drake and Harris, 1932, R. meinerti Schroeder, 1931, Trepobates pictus (Herrich- Schäffer, 1848) (Gerridae), Hydrometra australis Say, 1832 (Hydrometridae), and Platyvelia brachialis (Stål, 1860) (Veliidae). © 2012 Check List and Authors.