Sigara

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Sigara
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Sigara striata
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Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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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.