Mesovelia amoena Uhler, 1894

Geographical distribution: southern Canada in the Nearctic region to Brazil and the Galápagos Islands in the Neotropical region; introduced into the Hawaiian Islands.

Material from Cuba: Pinar del Río, Laguna La Cochinata, 16.IV.1973, Cuban-Romanian Biospeological Expedition leg., 2Ψ (SDH, SIB) (Nieser 1977).

Habitat: common, but cryptic species rarely seen on open waters; collected on floating logs, moss covered rocks, and rock crevices in springs and streams, or in lentic habitats with aquatic plants.