Rheumatobates vegatus Drake & Harris, 1942

Riviaux, Senén Muñoz, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo & López, Carlos Naranjo, 2010, Checklist, distribution, and habitat of the semiaquatic and aquatic bugs from Cuba (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Dipsocoromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha), Zootaxa 2562, pp. 1-23 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.197138
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6207703
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scientific name	Rheumatobates vegatus Drake & Harris, 1942
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Geographical distribution: Florida, United States, in the Nearctic region to Puerto Rico in the Caribbean subregion.

Material from Cuba: Isla de la Juventud, no date or collector, 1 ɗ ( USNM) ( Drake and Harris 1942). Matanzas, Río Yumurí, 11.VI.1932, P. J. Bermudez leg., 9 ɗ, 7 Ψ (KU) ( Hungerford 1954).

Habitat: lentic environments or slow flowing areas of rivers at altitudes near sea-level; can be found in lagoons and brackish or salt water near mangroves.