
Neoplea is a genus of pygmy backswimmers in the family Pleidae that occur in North and South America. There are at least 25 described species in Neoplea, with numerous undescribed species.
Neoplea is a genus of pygmy backswimmers in the family Pleidae that occur in North and South America. There are at least 25 described species in Neoplea, with numerous undescribed species.
==Species== These species belong to the genus Neoplea: 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
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