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Family Pleidae - Pygmy Backswimmers

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods

Subphylum Hexapoda - Hexapods

Class Insecta - Insects

Order Hemiptera - True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies

Suborder Heteroptera - True Bugs

Infraorder Nepomorpha - Aquatic Bugs

Superfamily Notonectoidea

Family Pleidae - Pygmy Backswimmers

Genus Neoplea
Genus Paraplea

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