Heteroplea

Heteroplea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pleidae
Genus: Heteroplea
Cook, 2011

Heteroplea is a genus of pygmy backswimmers in the family Pleidae that occur in South America. There are four described species in Heteroplea.

Species

These four species belong to the genus Heteroplea:

References

  1. ↑ "Heteroplea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2026-03-17.
  2. 1 2 Cook, Jerry L. (2011). "A new genus and species of Pleidae (Hemiptera) from Venezuela, with notes on the genera of Pleidae". Zootaxa. 3067 (1): 26–34. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3067.1.2.
  3. 1 2 Cook, Jerry L. (2017). "A second species of Heteroplea Cook (Hemiptera: Pleidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 119 (4): 545–550. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.119.4.545.
  4. 1 2 Cook, Jerry L. (2020). "The genus Heteroplea (Hemiptera: Pleidae), with two new species and a key to the genus". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 122 (4): 777–786. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.122.4.777.