Sigara
| Sigara | |
|---|---|
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| Sigara striata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Infraorder: | Nepomorpha |
| Family: | Corixidae |
| Genus: | Sigara Fabricius, 1775 |
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] Species in this genus include:
- Sigara distincta
- Sigara dorsalis
- Sigara falleni
- Sigara fallenoidea
- Sigara fossarum
- Sigara lateralis
- Sigara limitata
- Sigara nigrolineata
- Sigara scotti
- Sigara selecta
- Sigara semistriata
- Sigara stagnalis
- Sigara striata
- Sigara venusta
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