Paraplea

Paraplea
Paraplea melanodera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pleidae
Genus: Paraplea
Esaki & China, 1928

Paraplea is a genus of pygmy backswimmers in the family Pleidae that occur in Africa, Australia, southern Asia, southern North America, and the Caribbean. There are 21 described species in Paraplea.

Species

These 21 species belong to the genus Paraplea:

References

  1. 1 2 "Paraplea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2026-03-17.
  2. ↑ Cook, Jerry L.; Sites, Robert W.; Vitheepradit, Akekawat (2020). "The Pleidae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) of Thailand, with the descriptions of two new species and a discussion of species from Southeast Asia". ZooKeys. 973: 35–68. doi:10.3897/zookeys.973.54026. PMC 7550392.
  3. ↑ Cook, Jerry L. (2021). "Review of the Paraplea Esaki & China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Pleidae) of Australia, with description of a new species". Zootaxa. 4985 (1): 81–90. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4985.1.4.
  4. ↑ Cook, Jerry L. (2025). "Paraplea Esaki and China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pleidae) of Madagascar, a new species and redescription of Paraplea hovana (Kirkaldy, 1899)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 126 (4): 441–453. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.126.4.441.