Neoplea
| Neoplea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| 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.[1] There are at least 25 described species in Neoplea, with numerous undescribed species.[2][3]
Species
These species belong to the genus Neoplea:[2][3]
- 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.