Rhagovelia collaris (Burmeister, 1835 )

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 : 10-11

Rhagovelia collaris (Burmeister, 1835)

Geographical distribution: endemic to the Caribbean subregion, occurring in Cuba and Hispaniola islands.

Material from Cuba: Santa Clara Province [now split into Villa Clara, Cienfuegos and Sancti Spíritus provinces], loc. arroyo, 22.VI. 1932, P. J. Bermudez leg., 26 ɗ, 46 Ψ (KU). Matanzas, Yumuri Valley, 12- 19.IX. 1933, P. J. Bermudez leg., 20 ɗ 16 Ψ (KU) ( Bacon 1956). Santiago de Cuba, Río Indio, Cabezadas, torpid streamlet with rockpools, in tropical forest, 29.III. 1969, Botosaneanu leg., 7 ɗ 4 Ψ (probably SDH, SIB). Guantánamo, La jaiba, near Palenque, stream formed by a karst spring, 31.III. 1969, Botosaneanu leg., 4 Ψ (probably SDH, SIB) ( Nieser 1973). Holguín, Río Mogote, near Matías, 21.II. 1973, Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 32 ɗ, 23 Ψ (SDH, SIB). Santiago de Cuba, Río Indio, Gran Piedra, 26.III. 1973, Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 25 ɗ, 9 Ψ apt. (SDH, SIB) ( Nieser 1977). Pinar del Río, Arroyo Soroa, 5-6.II. 1981, P. J. Spangler & A. Vega leg., 34 ɗ, 33 Ψ ( USNM); 27-29.IV. 1983, P. J, Spangler & I. Fernandez G. leg., 7 ɗ, 5 Ψ ( USNM). La Habana, Playa Jibacoa, 4.II. 1981, P. J. Spangler, A. Vega & M. Rosabal leg., 1 ɗ. ( USNM) ( Polhemus 1997). Holguín, Río Mayarí, Piedra Gorda, 2.VII. 1999, M. Aldana & L. Fonseca leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC); Piloto Abajo, 7.VII. 2000, M. Aldana & L. Fonseca leg., 3 specimens ( NHMC). Los Naranjos, 6.VI. 2000, M. Aldana & L. Fonseca. leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC); 1.I. 2001, M. Aldana & L. Fonseca leg., 4 specimens ( NHMC); Ojo de Agua, 11.VI. 2000, M. Aldana & L. Fonseca leg., 5 specimens ( NHMC); Colorado Arriba, 3.II. 2001, M. Aldana & L. Fonseca leg., 15 specimens ( NHMC); before Mayarí, 20.III. 2001, M. Aldana & L. Fonseca leg., 2 specimens ( NHMC); after Mayarí, 19.III. 2001, M. Aldana & L. Fonseca leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC) ( Aldana and Fonseca 2001). Granma, Río Yara, afluente La Santana, 14.VI. 1999, P. López leg., 2 specimens ( NHMC); afluente El Mogo, 15.VI. 1999, P. López leg., 2 specimens ( NHMC); between La Santana and el Mogo, 17.V. 2001, P. López leg., 7 specimens ( NHMC) ( López 2001). Sancti Spiritus, Trinidad, Río Tayaba, Pastora- 1, 27.I. 2001, Y. Puerta, 3 specimens ( NHMC); Pastora- 2, 27.I. 2002, Y. Puerta, 1 specimen ( NHMC) ( Puerta 2003). Granma, Río Sevilla, La Ceiba, no date, D. Hernández & Y. R. Cala leg., 12 specimens ( NHMC); Santa Isabel, no date, D. Hernández & Y. R. Cala leg., 13 specimens ( NHMC); La Bota, no date, D. Hernández & Y. R. Cala leg., 8 specimens ( NHMC); La Piedra, no date, D. Hernández & Y. R. Cala, 11 specimens ( NHMC); La Manteca, no date, D. Hernández & Y. R. Cala leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC) ( Hernández and Cala 2003). Holguín, Río Gibara , La Victoria, 17.VII. 2001, Hernández & Bauta, 1 specimen ( NHMC); Río Cacoyugüín, La Lima, 4.II. 2002, Hernández & Bauta leg., 6 specimens ( NHMC); Candelaria, 8.II. 2002, Hernández & Bauta leg., 14 specimens ( NHMC); Puente Blanco, 5.II. 2002, Hernández & Bauta leg., 3 specimens ( NHMC); Purnio, 5.II. 2002, Hernández & Bauta leg., 17 specimens ( NHMC) ( Hernández and Bauta 2003). Camaguey, Río Máximo, La Sabana, 12.II. 2002, O. Bello leg., 9 specimens ( NHMC); 3.III. 2003, O. Bello, 2 specimens ( NHMC) ( Bello 2004). Granma, Parque Nacional La Bayamesa, Río Nuevo Mundo (abajo), 18.VI. 2003, P. López leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC); Grumay, 20.VI. 2003, P. López leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC); La Pangola, 19.VI. 2003, P. López leg., 6 specimens ( NHMC); El Zapato, 3.II. 2004, P. López leg., 8 specimens ( NHMC); Río Manguito, 3.II. 2004, P. López leg., 4 specimens ( NHMC); Río Nuevo Mundo, 5.II. 2004, P. López leg., 5 specimens ( NHMC) ( López et al. 2004). Guantánamo, Parque Nacional Alejandro De Humboldt, Ceremonia A, III. 2003, A. Trapero leg., 8 specimens ( NHMC); Ceremonia B, III. 2003, A. Trapero leg., 16 specimens ( NHMC); Río Angostura, IV. 2003, A. Trapero leg., 2 specimens ( NHMC); Río Toa, Cupeyal del Norte, IV. 2003, A. Trapero leg., 2 specimens ( NHMC) ( González-Lazo et al. 2005). Santiago de Cuba, Palma Soriano, Río Cauto, El Sitio, 01.VI. 2005, Y. S. Megna leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC); Dos Palmas, La Marsellesa, Arroyo- 1, 02.XII. 2005, Y. S. Megna leg., 11 specimens ( NHMC); Campo Rico, Arroyo- 1, 05.XII. 2005, Y. S. Megna leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC); Arroyo- 3, 06.XII. 2005, Y. S. Megna leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC); Río Palenque, 06.XII. 2005, Y. S. Megna leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC) ( Deler-Hernández et al. 2007). Río Guantánamo, 3 Km de la Belleza, no date, Álvarez leg., 20 specimens ( NHMC); La Perla, no date, Álvarez leg., 9 specimens ( NHMC); La Gloria, no date, Álvarez leg., 9 specimens ( NHMC) ( Álvarez 2007). Guantánamo, Río Cuzco, Sumidero del Río Cuzco, no date, S. Muñoz leg., 3 specimens ( NHMC) ( Muñoz et al. 2009).

Habitat: found all year long on slower flowing areas of fast running, clear water rivers up to 750 m above sea-level.