Mesovelia mulsanti White, 1879

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 : 8

Mesovelia mulsanti White, 1879

Geographical distribution: Canada in the Nearctic region to Argentina in the Neotropical region (not reported from Chile); introduced into the Hawaiian Islands.

Material from Cuba: Habana, Botanical Garden, in artificial concrete basin, 27.VII.1929, 2ɗ, 5Ψ (probably USNM) ( Jaczewski 1930). Habana, Catalina, no date or collector (KU). Matanzas, Pueblo Nuevo, Río San Juan, no date or collector (KU). Santiago de Cuba, Ciénaga de Zapate, no date or collector (KU) ( Neering 1954). Holguín, Gibara , near Finca El Pozón, Arroyo Landivar, 10.III.1973, Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 2Ψ (SIB) ( Nieser 1977). La Palma, 10.XI.2002, Hernández & Bauta leg, 1 specimen. San Fernando, 7.XI.2002, Hernández & Bauta leg., 3 specimens. Cuevitas, 5.XI.2002, Hernández & Bauta leg., 1 specimen. La Victoria, 5.XI.2002, Hernández & Bauta leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC) ( Hernández and Bauta 2003). Granma, Río Bayamo, Guisa, P. Mateo leg., 5 specimens ( NHMC) ( Mateo 2005). Santiago de Cuba, Río Guantánamo, near Los Reinaldos, G. Álvarez leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC) ( Álvarez 2007).

Habitat: shore or floating vegetation of lentic habitats or running fresh or brackish water; found in Cuba from sea-level up to 600 m, being common in clear-water lagoons.