Paraplea puella (Barber, 1923)

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 : 20-21

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.197138
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6207837
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scientific name	Paraplea puella (Barber, 1923)
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Geographical distribution: southern United States in the Nearctic region to the Guyanas in the Neotropical region; also recorded from the Galápagos Islands.

Material from Cuba: La Habana, Laguna de Ariguanabo, no date, Alayo leg., no specimen number (ESI). Cienfuegos, Soledad, no date, Alayo leg., no specimen number (ESI) ( Alayo 1974). Isla de La Juventud, Base “J. A. Mella”, 24.IV.1973, Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 2 Ψ (SDH, SIB). Pinar del Río, La laguna La Cochinata, 16.IV.1973, Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 3 Ψ (SDH, SIB). Holguín, Arroyo Landivar, at “Santa María”, 10.III.1973, Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 3 Ψ (SDH, SIB). Santiago de Cuba, Siboney, Laguna de Juragua, 4.III.1973, Cuban- Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 1 Ψ (SDH, SIB). Río San Juan, 23.III.1973, 10Ƥ, Cuban- Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg. (SDH, SIB) ( Nieser 1977). Granma, Río Yara, Puente Carretera Yara-Manzanillo, 20.VI.1999, P. López leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC); Puente del Ferrocarril, 21.I.2001, P. López leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC) ( López 2001). Holguín, Río Cacoyoguin, Puente Blanco, 5.II.2002, Hernández & Bauta leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC) ( Hernández and Bauta 2003). Camaguey, Río Máximo, Criadero de cocodrilos, 18.II.2002, O. Bello leg., 11 specimens ( NHMC); 6.VIII.2003, O. Bello leg., 3 specimens ( NHMC) ( Bello 2004). Guantánamo, Río Guaso, La Jita (3km aguas arriba de la desembocadura), 19.I.2005, Y. Rodríguez & K. González leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC); La Clemencia, 23.I.2004, Y. Rodríguez & K. González leg., 2 specimens ( NHMC) ( Rodríguez and González 2004). Santiago de Cuba, Río Cauto, El Sitio, 1.VI.2005, Y. S. Megna leg., 1 specimen ( NHMC) ( Deler-Hernández et al. 2007).

Habitat: common in Cuba at ponds, lakes and streams up to 200 m above the sea-level.