Hydrometra caraiba Guérin-Méneville, 1857

Geographical distribution: endemic to the Neotropical region, occurring from Mexico to Peru.

Material from Cuba: Pinar del Río, Carabela Grande, no date or collector, 1 ɗ (ASLV) (Torre-Bueno 1926). Cienfuegos, Soledad, 1925, J. G. Myers leg., some specimens (probably KU) (Hungerford and Evans 1934). Cienfuegos, Jardín Botánico de Soledad, march, no collector (ESI) (Alayo 1967, 1974). Holguín, San Fernando, Río Gibara, 07.II.2002, Hernández & Bauta leg., 1 specimen (NHMC). Cuatro Caminos, 18.VI.2001, Hernández & Bauta leg., 1 specimen (NHMC) (Hernández and Bauta 2003).

Habitat: common species in Cuba, found on stream pools and ponds up to 200 m above sea-level.