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

  1. ^ "Neoplea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.