Neoplea

Neoplea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Pleidae
Genus:	Neoplea; Esaki & China, 1928

Neoplea is a genus of pygmy backswimmers in the family Pleidae that occur in North and South America. There are at least 25 described species in Neoplea, with numerous undescribed species.

Species

These species belong to the genus Neoplea:

Neoplea absona (Drake & Chapman, 1953)
Neoplea aenea Cook, 2026
Neoplea argentina (Drake & Chapman, 1953)
Neoplea apopkana (Drake & Chapman, 1953)
Neoplea borellii (Kirkaldy, 1899)
Neoplea breviscutellum Cook, 2026
Neoplea centocorpus Cook, 2026
Neoplea chichimeca Cook, 2026
Neoplea gauchita Bachmann, 1968
Neoplea globoidea Nieser, 1975
Neoplea harnedi (Drake, 1922)
Neoplea hyaloderma Cook, Mondragón-F., & Morales, 2020
Neoplea lingula Roback & Nieser, 1974
Neoplea maculosa (Berg, 1879)
Neoplea maurochilus Cook, 2026
Neoplea melanosoma Cook, Mondragón-F., & Morales, 2020
Neoplea mexicana (Drake & Chapman, 1953)
Neoplea micropunctata Cook, 2026
Neoplea notana (Drake & Chapman, 1953)
Neoplea polhemusi Cook, 2026
Neoplea punctifer (Barber, 1923)
Neoplea semipicta (Horváth, 1918)
Neoplea striola (Fieber, 1844)
Neoplea tenuistyla Roback, & Nieser, 1974
Neoplea umbraticus Cook, 2026

References

↑ "Neoplea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
1 2 Sublett, Clayton A.; Cook, Jerry L. (2015). ""Morphology of the 1st gonapophysis in the genus Neoplea (Hemiptera: Neteroptera: Pleidae), including an evaluation of its taxonomic importance". Florida Entomologist. 98 (2): 704–713. doi:10.1653/024.098.0246.
1 2 Cook, Jerry L. (2026). "Neoplea Esaki and China (Hemiptera: Pleidae) of Mexico, with the description of eight new species". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 127 (4): 657–698. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.127.4.657.

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[itis-1] "Neoplea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

[Sublett-2] 1 2 Sublett, Clayton A.; Cook, Jerry L. (2015). ""Morphology of the 1st gonapophysis in the genus Neoplea (Hemiptera: Neteroptera: Pleidae), including an evaluation of its taxonomic importance". Florida Entomologist. 98 (2): 704–713. doi:10.1653/024.098.0246.

[Cook2026-3] 1 2 Cook, Jerry L. (2026). "Neoplea Esaki and China (Hemiptera: Pleidae) of Mexico, with the description of eight new species". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 127 (4): 657–698. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.127.4.657.