The Commission has ruled that priority is maintained for the generic name Pleias Kirkaldy, 1901 a thread-legged assassin bug from Afrotropical and Oriental Regions, 1901, thus it remains the senior synonym of the name Bagauda Bergroth, 1903 (type species Bagauda avidus Bergroth, 1903).
Bagauda Bergroth, 1903 (Insecta, Heteroptera): usage not conserved and priority maintained for Pleias Kirkaldy, 1901," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 67(4), 338-339, (1 December 2010). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v67i4.a4