Pleidae (Fieber 1817), Pigmy backswimmers ⇒ Taxonomy and Distribution of Family

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Taxonomy of Family Pleidae Fieber, 1817
Pigmy backswimmers, Pleid water bugs, Pygmy backswimmers

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	3816 189502 2439455	Families Genera Species
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	3399 186457 2415487	Families Genera Species
Superorder	Paraneoptera Martynov, 1923	710 28641 240164	Families Genera Species
Order	Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs	564 25824 208282	Families Genera Species
Suborder	Heteroptera Latreille, 1810 Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs	124 8215 65100	Families Genera Species
Infraorder	Nepomorpha Popov, 1971 Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, Water bugs	14 410 4319	Families Genera Species
Superfamily	Notonectoidea Latreille, 1802 Back swimmers, Backswimmers	4 65 979	Families Genera Species
Family	Pleidae Fieber, 1817 Pigmy backswimmers, Pleid water bugs, Pygmy backswimmers	6 88	Genera Species

Subnodes of Pleidae Fieber, 1817

Genus	Guazuplea ♰ Bachmann, 1968	0	Species
Genus	Heteroplea Cook, 2011	4	Species
Genus	Neoplea Esaki & China, 1928	17	Species
Genus	Paraplea Esaki & China, 1928	23	Species
Genus	Plea Leach, 1817	43	Species
Genus	Ploa Stephens, 1829 ⇒ Plea	1	Species

Synonyms

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Pleidae

German	Zwergrückenschwimmer
English	Pigmy backswimmers, Pleid water bugs, Pygmy backswimmers
Danish	Dværgrygsvømmere, DværgrygsvømmereÂ
Swedish	Dvärgryggsimmare

Distribution and Species lists of Pleidae Fieber, 1817

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Argentina
2 Genera  5 SpeciesAustralia
3 Genera  7 SpeciesAustria
1 Genus  1 SpeciesBelarus
1 Genus  1 SpeciesBelgium
1 Genus  2 SpeciesBotswana
1 Genus  1 SpeciesBrazil
1 Genus  0 SpeciesCanada
1 Genus  1 SpeciesColombia
2 Genera  7 SpeciesCosta Rica
1 Genus  0 SpeciesCzech Republic
1 Genus  1 SpeciesDenmark
1 Genus  2 SpeciesEstonia
1 Genus  1 SpeciesFinland
1 Genus  2 SpeciesFrance
1 Genus  1 SpeciesGambia
1 Genus  1 SpeciesGeorgia
1 Genus  1 SpeciesGermany
2 Genera  4 SpeciesGreece
2 Genera  2 SpeciesGuatemala
1 Genus  0 SpeciesGuyana
1 Genus  1 SpeciesHaiti
1 Genus  1 SpeciesIceland
1 Genus  1 SpeciesIndonesia
1 Genus  2 SpeciesIreland
1 Genus  1 SpeciesItaly
1 Genus  2 SpeciesJamaica
1 Genus  1 SpeciesJapan
1 Genus  3 SpeciesKenya
1 Genus  2 SpeciesLatvia
1 Genus  1 SpeciesLesotho
2 Genera  4 SpeciesLuxembourg
1 Genus  1 SpeciesMalaysia
2 Genera  3 SpeciesMexico
2 Genera  3 SpeciesMicronesia
1 Genus  1 SpeciesMozambique
1 Genus  1 SpeciesNamibia
2 Genera  4 SpeciesNetherlands
2 Genera  4 SpeciesNorway
1 Genus  1 SpeciesPoland
1 Genus  1 SpeciesPortugal
1 Genus  1 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
2 Genera  5 SpeciesRussia
1 Genus  1 SpeciesSlovakia
1 Genus  1 SpeciesSouth Korea
1 Genus  1 SpeciesSpain
1 Genus  2 SpeciesSuriname
1 Genus  1 SpeciesSweden
1 Genus  1 SpeciesTaiwan
1 Genus  5 SpeciesThailand
2 Genera  3 SpeciesTogo
1 Genus  1 SpeciesUkraine
1 Genus  1 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
2 Genera  2 SpeciesUSA
3 Genera  7 SpeciesVanuatu
1 Genus  1 SpeciesVietnam
1 Genus  1 Species

Distribution on islands

Northern Isles
1 Genus  1 SpeciesNorthern Orkney Islands
1 Genus  1 SpeciesOrkney Islands
1 Genus  1 SpeciesSouthern Orkney Islands
1 Genus  1 SpeciesWyre
1 Genus  1 Species

Ecozone

Lakes

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