Pleias Kirkaldy, 1901 Bagauda is a genus of thread-legged bug within the subfamily Emesinae, consisting of about 20 known species.

[1][2][3] Many species in this genus are associated with caves, with some being exclusively cave-dwelling.

Bagauda is synonymous with the genus Pleias Kirkaldy, 1901, but Bagauda has become more commonly used.

[4] The genus is restricted to the Old World tropics.

[5] This Reduviidae article is a stub.