''Sigara fallenoidea'' is a species of
water boatman in the family
Corixidae
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 55 genera, including the genus ' ...
in the order
Hemiptera
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. It was described by Hungerford and the type locality is in Canada. In Ireland Walton discovered a 'new' species of corixidae which he named ''Sigara pearcei''. This was synonymised by Hungerford in 1950. The distribution of ''S. fallenoidea'' is therefore an extraordinary one including Canada, Ireland, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Ukraine and Russia. In Ireland, ''Sigara fallenoidea'' is found in all the large lakes on the island. There are confirmed records from Loughs
Neagh,
Beg and Portmore Lough;
Upper and Lower Lough Erne;
Lough Melvin
Lough Melvin ( ; ) is a lake in the northwest of the island of Ireland on the border between County Leitrim (in Ireland) and County Fermanagh (in the United Kingdom). It is internationally renowned for its unique range of plants and animals.
Ec ...
; Loughs
Ree,
Derg
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and
Key
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Common meanings
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* Key (map ...
on the
Shannon; and
Lough Corrib
Lough Corrib ( ; ) is a lake in the west of Ireland. The River Corrib or Galway River connects the lake to the sea at Galway. It is the largest lake within the Republic of Ireland and the second largest on the island of Ireland (after Lough Nea ...
.
[Nelson, B. 1995 The distribution of the aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera in Northern Ireland. ''Bulletin Irish biogeographical Society'' 18: 66-130]
References
Insects described in 1926
Insects of Canada
Sigara
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