Corixidae is a family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera. They are found worldwide in virtually any freshwater habitat and a few species live in saline water. There are about 500 known species worldwide, in 33 genera, including the genus Sigara.
Peter Geoffrey Taylor (1926–2011) was a British botanist who worked at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew throughout his career in botany. Taylor was born in 1926 and joined the staff of the herbarium at Kew in 1948. He published his first new species, Utricularia pentadactyla, in 1954. In 1973, Taylor was appointed curator of the orchid division of the herbarium and, according to Kew, "under his direction, orchid taxonomy was revitalised and its horticultural contacts strengthened."
Sigara is a genus of water boatmen in the family Corixidae. Some species within this genus are halophiles; for example, occurrences of the genus have been noted in the hypersaline Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana.
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Corixinae is a subfamily of aquatic bugs in the family Corixidae. There are at least 130 described species in Corixinae.
Hydryphantidae is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes. There are more than 30 genera and 130 described species in Hydryphantidae.
Zschokkea is a genus of mites in the family Thyasidae. There are at least three described species in Zschokkea. Zschokkea is sometimes considered a genus of the family Hydryphantidae.
Limnochares is a genus of mites in the family Limnocharidae. There are at least two described species in Limnochares.
Mesovelia is a genus of water treaders in the family Mesoveliidae. There are more than 30 described species in Mesovelia.
Corixini is a tribe of water boatmen in the family Corixidae. There are about 9 genera and at least 30 described species in Corixini.
Micronectinae is a subfamily of water boatmen in the family Corixidae. There are at least two genera and two described species in Micronectinae.
Limnogonus is a genus of water striders in the family Gerridae. There are 28 described species in Limnogonus.
Thyasidae is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes. There are about 7 genera and more than 30 described species in Thyasidae.
Hydrachna is a genus of mites in the family Hydrachnidae, the sole genus of the family. There are more than 80 described species in Hydrachna.
Torrenticola is a genus of arachnids belonging to the family Torrenticolidae.
Protzia is a genus of mites belonging to the family Protziidae.
Barbaxonella is a genus of mites belonging to the family Aturidae.
Nychia is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Notonectidae.
