Neoplea semipicta (Horváth, 1918)

Plea semipicta Horváth, 1918: Annls. Mus. hist.-nat. hung., 145.

Neoplea semipicta: Polhemus, 1992: J. Kansas Entom. Soc., 441.

Material examined. Laguna Iberá RS: 1 ♀, Iberá Lagoon, Paso Claro, 28°33’29’’S, 57°11’37’’W, 16.ii.2018. Yahaveré RS: 1 ♂, Medina Lagoon, 13.xii.2014.

General distribution. Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina (Moreira et al. 2011b).

Habitat. Very little information exists regarding the habitat associations of N. semipicta . It has been collected in lagoons in association with Pistia stratiotes, Pontederia crassipes and Egeria najas (Neiff & Poi de Neiff 1979; Poi de Neiff 1979).

This species was previously recorded from Iberá in association with Salvinia biloba (Poi de Neiff 2003) . During the present study, it was collected from unshaded margins with dense floating, emergent and submerged vegetation (mainly Pontederia azurea) in the Iberá Lagoon and Medina Lagoon.