Sigara

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Sigara
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Sigara striata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Corixidae
Tribe: Corixini
Genus: Sigara
Fabricius, 1775
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Sigara striata

Sigara is a genus of water boatmen in the family Corixidae. [1] Some species within this genus are halophiles; for example, occurrences of the genus have been noted in the hypersaline Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana. [2]

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Species

These 100 species belong to the genus Sigara:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [3] c = Catalogue of Life, [4] g = GBIF, [5] b = Bugguide.net [6]

See also

References

  1. "Sigara Fabricius, 1775". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. C. Michael Hogan (2008) Makgadikgadi, The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham
  3. "Sigara Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  4. "Browse Sigara". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  5. "Sigara". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  6. "Sigara Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.