Plea sp. Photograph courtesy of Institute for Water Quality Studies, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry

The Pigmy Backswimmers (Hemiptera: Pleidae) of South Africa Compiled by Martin H. Villet Department of Zoology & Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140 South Africa & Patrick Reavell Department of Botany, University of Zululand, South Africa

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Family: PLEIDAE

1. Genus: PLEA Leach
   1. P. pullula Stål

      Plea pulla Stål 1855: 89.
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Northwestern Province and Northern Province, to Namibia; December to June.

      
      
   2. P. piccanina Hutchinson

      Plea piccanina Hutchinson 1925: 419-420.
      Western Cape, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, and Mpumalanga, to Namibia; October to June.