Mysateles prehensilis (Poeppig, 1824) . Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 4:11.

TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba, wooded south coast .

DISTRIBUTION: Cuba, mainly west of Camagüey Province. The status of this species in the eastern provinces (old Oriente Prov.) is not clear.

STATUS: Common.

SYNONYMS: poeyi, poeppingi, pallidus .

COMMENTS: Placed in the subgenus Mysateles by Mohr (1939:54) and Varona (1974), and in the genus and subgenus Mysateles by Kratochvil et al. (1978:15). This is the largest species of Mysateles; see comments under gundlachi and meridionalis .