Gelastocoris oculatus oculatus (Fabricius, 1798)

Geographical distribution: southern Canada in the Nearctic region to Cuba in the Caribbean subregion. Material from Cuba: Pinar del Río, Soroa, no date, Alayo leg., no specimen number (ESI). Santiago de Cuba, Cuabitas, no date, Alayo leg., no specimen number (ESI) (Alayo 1974).

Habitat: littoral areas of rivers; rare species in Cuba according to Alayo (1967, 1974).