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.

Species

These 100 species belong to the genus Sigara:

• Sigara alluaudi (Kirkaldy, 1899) g

• Sigara alternata (Say, 1825) i c g b

• Sigara arguta

• Sigara assimilis (Fieber, 1848) g

• Sigara atomaria Illiger, 1807 g

• Sigara basalis (A.Costa, 1843) g

• Sigara bellula (Horváth, 1879) g

• Sigara berneri Hungerford and Hussey, 1957 i c g

• Sigara bicoloripennis (Walley, 1936) i c g

• Sigara bradleyi (Abbott, 1913) i c g

• Sigara compressoidea (Hungerford, 1928) i c g

• Sigara conocephala (Hungerford, 1926) i c g b

• Sigara cubiensis Hungerford, 1948 g

• Sigara daghestanica Jansson, 1983 g

• Sigara decorata (Abbott, 1916) i c g

• Sigara decoratella (Hungerford, 1926) i c g

• Sigara defecta Hungerford, 1948 i c g

• Sigara denseconscripta g

• Sigara depressa Hungerford, 1948 i c g

• Sigara distincta

• Sigara distorta (Distant, 1911) g

• Sigara dolabra Hungerford and Sailer, 1943 i c g

• Sigara dorsalis

• Sigara douglasensis (Hungerford, 1926) i c g

• Sigara falleni (Fieber, 1848) g

• Sigara fallenoidea (Hungerford, 1926) i c g

• Sigara formosana (Matsumura, 1915) g

• Sigara fossarum (Leach, 1817) g

• Sigara gordita (Abbott, 1913) i c g

• Sigara grossolineata Hungerford, 1948 i c g

• Sigara hellensii (C.R.Sahlberg, 1819) g

• Sigara hoggarica Poisson, 1929 g

• Sigara hubbelli (Hungerford, 1928) i c g

• Sigara hydratotrephes (Kirkaldy, 1908) i c g

• Sigara iactans Jansson, 1983 g

• Sigara italica Jaczewski, 1933 g

• Sigara janssoni Lucas Castro, 1983 g

• Sigara johnstoni Hungerford, 1948 i c g

• Sigara knighti Hungerford, 1948 i c g

• Sigara krafti Stonedahl, 1984 i c g

• Sigara lateralis (Leach, 1817) g

• Sigara lemana Fieber, 1860 g

• Sigara limitata (Fieber, 1848) g

• Sigara lineata (Forster, 1771) i c g b

• Sigara longipalis (J.Sahlberg, 1878) g

• Sigara mackinacensis (Hungerford, 1928) i c g b

• Sigara macrocepsoidea Hungerford, 1942 i c g

• Sigara macropala (Hungerford, 1926) i c g

• Sigara mathesoni Hungerford, 1948 i c g

• Sigara mayri (Fieber, 1860) g

• Sigara mckinstryi Hungerford, 1948 i c g

• Sigara meridionalis (Wallengren, 1875) g

• Sigara minuta Fabricius, 1794 g

• Sigara mississippiensis Hungerford, 1942 i c g

• Sigara modesta (Abbott, 1916) i c g

• Sigara mullettensis (Hungerford, 1928) i c g b

• Sigara nevadensis (Walley, 1936) i c g

• Sigara nigrolineata

• Sigara nigroventralis (Matsumura, 1905) g

• Sigara omani (Hungerford, 1930) i c g b

• Sigara ornata (Abbott, 1916) i c g b

• Sigara paludata Hungerford, 1942 i c g

• Sigara pectenata (Abbott, 1913) i c g

• Sigara penniensis (Hungerford, 1928) i c g

• Sigara platensis g

• Sigara quebecensis (Walley, 1930) i c g

• Sigara rubyae g

• Sigara saileri Wilson, 1953 i c g

• Sigara salgadoi Lucas Castro, 1983 g

• Sigara santiagiensis (Hungerford, 1928) g

• Sigara scabra (Abbott, 1913) i c g

• Sigara schadei Hungerford, 1928 g

• Sigara scholtzi Fieber, 1860 g

• Sigara scholtzii Scholtz, 1847 g

• Sigara scotti (Douglas & Scott, 1868) g

• Sigara scripta (Rambur, 1840) g

• Sigara selecta (Fieber, 1848) g

• Sigara semistriata (Fieber, 1848) g

• Sigara septemlineata (Paiva, 1918) g

• Sigara servadeii Tamanini, 1965 g

• Sigara sigmoidea (Abbott, 1913) i c g

• Sigara signata (Fieber, 1851) i c g

• Sigara solensis (Hungerford, 1926) i c g

• Sigara stagnalis (Leach, 1817) g

• Sigara stigmatica (Fieber, 1851) i c g

• Sigara striata (Linnaeus, 1758) i c g

• Sigara tadeuszi Lundblad, 1933 g

• Sigara takahashii Hungerford, 1940 g

• Sigara transfigurata (Walley, 1930) i c g

• Sigara trilineata (Provancher, 1872) i c g b

• Sigara truncatipala (Hale, 1922) g

• Sigara tucma g

• Sigara vallis Lauck, 1966 i c g

• Sigara vandykei Hungerford, 1948 i c g

• Sigara variabilis (Hungerford, 1926) i c g

• Sigara venusta (Douglas & Scott, 1869) g

• Sigara virginiensis Hungerford, 1948 i c g b

• Sigara washingtonensis Hungerford, 1948 i c g b

• Sigara yala g

• Sigara zimmermanni (Fieber, 1851) i c g

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

See also

• Extremophile

References