
''Sigara'' is a genus of
water boatmen 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 ...
. Some species within this genus are
halophile
A halophile (from the Greek word for 'salt-loving') is an extremophile that thrives in high salt
In common usage, salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl). When used in food, especially in granulated form, it is more ...
s; for example, occurrences of the genus have been noted in the
hypersaline
A hypersaline lake is a landlocked body of water that contains significant concentrations of sodium chloride, brines, and other salts, with saline levels surpassing those of ocean water (3.5%, i.e. ).
Specific microbial species can thrive i ...
Makgadikgadi Pan
The Makgadikgadi Pan ( Tswana pronunciation ), a salt pan situated in the middle of the dry savanna of north-eastern Botswana, is one of the largest salt flats in the world. The pan is all that remains of the formerly enormous Lake Makgadi ...
s in Botswana.
[C. Michael Hogan (2008]
''Makgadikgadi'', The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham
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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
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Makga ...
'' Illiger, 1807 g
* ''Sigara basalis
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Makgadi ...
'' (A.Costa, 1843) g
* ''Sigara bellula
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Makgadi ...
'' (Horváth, 1879) g
* ''Sigara berneri
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Makgadi ...
'' Hungerford and Hussey, 1957 i c g
* ''Sigara bicoloripennis
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Makgadi ...
'' (Walley, 1936) i c g
* ''Sigara bradleyi
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Makgadi ...
'' (Abbott, 1913) i c g
* ''Sigara compressoidea
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Mak ...
'' (Hungerford, 1928) i c g
* '' Sigara conocephala'' (Hungerford, 1926) i c g b
* ''Sigara cubiensis
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Makga ...
'' Hungerford, 1948 g
* ''Sigara daghestanica
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Makga ...
'' Jansson, 1983 g
* ''Sigara decorata
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Makga ...
'' (Abbott, 1916) i c g
* ''Sigara decoratella
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Makga ...
'' (Hungerford, 1926) i c g
* ''Sigara defecta
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Mak ...
'' Hungerford, 1948 i c g
* ''Sigara denseconscripta
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Mak ...
'' g
* ''Sigara depressa
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Mak ...
'' Hungerford, 1948 i c g
* ''''
* ''Sigara distorta
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Mak ...
'' (Distant, 1911) g
* ''Sigara dolabra
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Mak ...
'' Hungerford and Sailer, 1943 i c g
* ''''
* ''Sigara douglasensis
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Mak ...
'' (Hungerford, 1926) i c g
* '' Sigara falleni'' (Fieber, 1848) g
* '' Sigara fallenoidea'' (Hungerford, 1926) i c g
* ''Sigara formosana
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Makga ...
'' (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
''Sigara'' is a genus of Corixidae, 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 lake, hypersaline Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana.C. ...
'' (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
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Makga ...
'' 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
''Sigara'' is a genus of Corixidae, 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 lake, hypersaline Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana.C. ...
'' 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
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Makga ...
'' 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
* '''' (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
''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.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Makgadi ...
'' Lauck, 1966 i c g
* '' Sigara vandykei'' Hungerford, 1948 i c g
* '' Sigara variabilis'' (Hungerford, 1926) i c g
* ''Sigara venusta
''Sigara venusta'' is a species of water boatman in the family Corixidae in the order Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising more than 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphid ...
'' (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
An extremophile () is an organism that is able to live (or in some cases thrive) in extreme environments, i.e., environments with conditions approaching or stretching the limits of what known life can adapt to, such as extreme temperature, press ...
References
Corixini
Nepomorpha genera
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