Heteroplea

Heteroplea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Pleidae
Genus:	Heteroplea; Cook, 2011

Heteroplea is a genus of pygmy backswimmers in the family Pleidae that occur in South America.¹ There are four described species in Heteroplea.²³⁴

Species

These four species belong to the genus Heteroplea:²³⁴

Heteroplea acanthoscelis Cook, 2017
Heteroplea asperscyta Cook, 2020
Heteroplea ornata Cook, 2020
Heteroplea stictosoma Cook, 2011

References

"Heteroplea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2026-03-17.
Cook, Jerry L. (2011). "A new genus and species of Pleidae (Hemiptera) from Venezuela, with notes on the genera of Pleidae". Zootaxa. 3067 (1): 26–34. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3067.1.2.
Cook, Jerry L. (2017). "A second species of Heteroplea Cook (Hemiptera: Pleidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 119 (4): 545–550. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.119.4.545.
Cook, Jerry L. (2020). "The genus Heteroplea (Hemiptera: Pleidae), with two new species and a key to the genus". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 122 (4): 777–786. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.122.4.777.

[itis-1] "Heteroplea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2026-03-17.

[Cook2011-2] Cook, Jerry L. (2011). "A new genus and species of Pleidae (Hemiptera) from Venezuela, with notes on the genera of Pleidae". Zootaxa. 3067 (1): 26–34. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3067.1.2.

[Cook2017-3] Cook, Jerry L. (2017). "A second species of Heteroplea Cook (Hemiptera: Pleidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 119 (4): 545–550. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.119.4.545.

[Cook2020-4] Cook, Jerry L. (2020). "The genus Heteroplea (Hemiptera: Pleidae), with two new species and a key to the genus". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 122 (4): 777–786. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.122.4.777.

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