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 <small>(Drake & Chapman, 1953)</small>
- Neoplea aenea <small>Cook, 2026</small>
- Neoplea argentina <small>(Drake & Chapman, 1953)</small>
- Neoplea apopkana <small>(Drake & Chapman, 1953)</small>
- Neoplea borellii <small>(Kirkaldy, 1899)</small>
- Neoplea breviscutellum <small>Cook, 2026</small>
- Neoplea centocorpus <small>Cook, 2026</small>
- Neoplea chichimeca <small>Cook, 2026</small>
- Neoplea gauchita <small>Bachmann, 1968</small>
- Neoplea globoidea <small>Nieser, 1975</small>
- Neoplea harnedi <small>(Drake, 1922)</small>
- Neoplea hyaloderma <small>Cook, Mondragón-F., & Morales, 2020</small>
- Neoplea lingula <small>Roback & Nieser, 1974</small>
- Neoplea maculosa <small>(Berg, 1879)</small>
- Neoplea maurochilus <small>Cook, 2026</small>
- Neoplea melanosoma <small>Cook, Mondragón-F., & Morales, 2020</small>
- Neoplea mexicana <small>(Drake & Chapman, 1953)</small>
- Neoplea micropunctata <small>Cook, 2026</small>
- Neoplea notana <small>(Drake & Chapman, 1953)</small>
- Neoplea polhemusi <small>Cook, 2026</small>
- Neoplea punctifer <small>(Barber, 1923)</small>
- Neoplea semipicta <small>(Horváth, 1918)</small>
- Neoplea striola <small>(Fieber, 1844)</small>
- Neoplea tenuistyla <small>Roback, & Nieser, 1974</small>
- Neoplea umbraticus <small>Cook, 2026</small>
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