Belostoma minor

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 : 13-14

Belostoma minor (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)

Geographical distribution: southern United States in the Nearctic region to Puerto Rico in the Neotropical region.

Material from Cuba: Isla de la Juventud, Cayo Piedra, 20.V.1973, Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 1 ɗ (NN). Holguín, Arroyo Landivar, at “Santa María”, 20.III.1973, Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 2 specimens (SIB) ( Nieser 1977). Río Mayarí, antes del Pueblo de Mayarí, 20.III.2001, M. Aldana & L. Fonseca leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC) ( Aldana and Fonseca 2001). Villa Clara, Cayería Norte, Cayo Español de Adentro, 2002, Aragón, Ravelo, O’Farril & Pérez leg., no specimen number (probably CITMA) ( Aragón et al. 2003). Río Gibara , La Palma, 10.II.2002, Hernández & Bauta leg., 2 specimens ( NHMC); Río Cacoyoguín, Candelaria, 8.II.2002, Hernández & Bauta leg., 6 specimens; 8.II.2003, Hernández & Bauta leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC) ( Hernández and Bauta 2003). Camaguey, Río Máximo, La Sabana, 6.VI.2002, O. Bello leg, 1 specimen ( NHMC); 18.VII.2003, O. Bello leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC) ( Bello 2004). Guantánamo, Río Guaso, La Marsellesa, 3.VII.2003, Y. Rodríguez & K. González leg., 2 specimens ( NHMC) ( Rodríguez and González 2004). Granma, Río Bayamo, Guisa, 22.I.2005, P. Mateo leg., 8 specimens ( NHMC) ( Mateo 2005). Santiago de Cuba, Palma Soriano, Río Cauto, El Sitio, 1.VI.2005, Y. S. Megna leg., 2 specimens ( NHMC) ( Deler-Hernández et al. 2007). Río Guantánamo, Cercanías de Los Reinaldos, no date, G. Álvarez leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC); El Deposito, no date, G. Álvarez leg., 2 specimens ( NHMC) ( Álvarez 2007).

Habitat: river pools, ponds, and lakes up to 600 m above sea-level; can overwinter in small groups under rocks or fallen logs.