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Checklist for Family Pleidae Fieber, 1817 (Pigmy backswimmers)
and region Continents


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
2110
116133
1222976
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
2101
115931
1221959
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1812
113780
1210168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
410
18688
138215
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
320
16830
121212
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
97
5619
36760
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Nepomorpha
Popov, 1971
Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, Water bugs
12
288
2802
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Notonectoidea
Latreille, 1802
Back swimmers, Backswimmers
3
52
738
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPleidae
Fieber, 1817
Pigmy backswimmers, Pleid water bugs, Pygmy backswimmers
5
50
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Continents
5 Genera with 50 Species
Heteroplea Cook, 20114SpeciesTaxom
Neoplea Esaki & China, 197417SpeciesTaxom
Paraplea Esaki & China, 191921SpeciesTaxom
Plea Leach, 184411SpeciesTaxom
Ploa Stephens, 18441SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Continents
50 Species and 4 Subspecies
Heteroplea acanthoscelis Cook, 2017
Heteroplea asperscyta Cook, 2020
Heteroplea ornata Cook, 2020
Heteroplea stictosoma Cook, 2011
Neoplea absona Drake & Chapman, 1953
Neoplea apopkana Drake & Chapman, 1953Pleid water bug
Neoplea argentina Drake & Chapman, 1953
Neoplea borellii Kirkaldy, 1899
Neoplea gauchita Bachmann, 1968
Neoplea globoidea Nieser, 1975
Neoplea harnedi Drake, 1922
Neoplea hyaloderma Cook, Mondra..., 2020
Neoplea lingula Roback & Nieser, 1974
Neoplea maculosa Berg, 1879
Neoplea melanosoma Cook, Mondra..., 2020
Neoplea mexicana Drake & Chapman, 1953
Neoplea notana Drake & Chapman, 1953
Neoplea punctifer Barber, 1923
Neoplea semipicta Horváth, 1918
Neoplea striola Fieber, 1844
Neoplea tenuistyla Roback & Nieser, 1974
Paraplea areolata Paiva, 1918
Paraplea brunni Kirkaldy, 1898Hairlip redhorse
Paraplea buenoi Kirkaldy, 1904
Paraplea davaoensis Miyamoto, 1981
Paraplea formosana Esaki, 1915
Paraplea frontalis Fieber, 1844
Paraplea halei Lundblad, 1933Largeleaf wild indigo
Paraplea indistinguenda Matsumura, 1905
Paraplea japonica Horváth, 1904
Paraplea lateromaculata Cook, 2020
Paraplea liturata Fieber, 1844Pigmy Backswimmer
Paraplea melanodera Cook, 2020
Paraplea nilionis Drake & Chapman, 1953
Paraplea pallescens Distant, 1906
Paraplea piccanina Hutchinson, 1929Sibling yoldia
Paraplea puella Barber, 1923Minute Backswimmer
Paraplea pullula Stål, 1855
Paraplea sobrina Stål, 1860Largeleaf wild indigo
Paraplea sobrina horvathi Lundblad, 1933
Paraplea sobrina sobrina Stål, 1860
Paraplea vittifrons Horváth, 1919
Plea (Plea) minutissima Leach, 1817
Plea minutissima minutissima Leach, 1817
Plea minutissima tassilii Poisson, 1953
Plea brunni (Kirkaldy, 1898)⇒ Paraplea brunni Kirkaldy, 1898
Plea cryptica
Plea halei (Lundblad, 1933)⇒ Paraplea halei Lundblad, 1933
Plea leachi (McGregor & K..., 1899)⇒ Paracorixa concinna Fieber, 1848
Plea leachii
Plea piccanina Hutchinson, 1925
Plea pullula Stal, 1855
Plea striola (Fieber, 1844)⇒ Neoplea striola Fieber, 1844
Ploa liturata (Fieber, 1844)⇒ Paraplea liturata Fieber, 1844


Links, sources and further information
Pleidae at artfakta.se
Pleidae at dyntaxa.se
Pleidae at gbif.org
Pleidae at irmng.org
Pleidae at itis.gov