Genus Sigara Fabricius, 1775
- Sigara Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [691] [Sigara placed on Official List, Opinion 739/1965; type species fixed by Opinion 1274/1984].
Type species:
Notonecta striata Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement
- China, W.E. 1943. The Generic Names of British Insect. Prepared by the Committee on Generic Nomenclature of the Royal Entomological Society of London with the assistance of the Department of Entomology of the British Museum of Natural History. Part 8. The generic names of the British Hemiptera-Heteroptera, with a check list of the British species. London : Royal Entomological Society of London 211-342 pp. [282]
- Hungerford, H.B. 1948. The Corixidae of the Western Hemisphere (Hemiptera). Kansas University Science Bulletin 32: 1-827 [609]
- Štys, P. & Jansson, A. 1988. Check-list of recent family-group and genus-group names of Nepomorpha (Heteroptera) of the world. Acta Entomologica Fennica 50: 1-44 [16-17]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA: New England Tablelands (NET) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP) ; SA, Tas, Vic: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB) ; Tas: Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE) ; WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
Distribution References
General References
Brooks, A.R. & Kelton, L.A. 1967. Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (Hemiptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 51: 1-92 [25] (description, Canada)
Jansson, A. 1986. The Corixidae (Heteroptera) of Europe and some adjacent regions. Acta Entomologica Fennica 47: 1-94 [68] (description)
Kanyukova, E.V. 1990. Keys to aquatic and semiaquatic bugs (Heteroptera) of the Mongolian People's Republic. Nasekomye Mongolii 11: 10-24 [In Russian] [16]
Lansbury, I. 1970. Revision of the Australian Sigara (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Corixidae). Journal of Natural History 4: 39-54 (Australia)
Lauck, D.R. 1979. Family Corixidae—Water Boatmen. pp. 87-123 in Menke, A.S. (ed.). The Semiaquatic and Aquatic Hemiptera of California (Heteroptera: Hemiptera). Berkeley : University of California Press. [117] (synonymy, California)
Polhemus, J.T., Froeschner, R.C. & Polhemus, D.A. 1988. Family Corixidae Leach, 1815: the water boatmen. pp. 93-118 in Henry, T.J. & Froeschner, R.C. (eds). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. Leiden : E.J. Brill xix 958 pp. [105] (Nearctic Region)
Stonedahl, G.M. & Lattin, J.D. 1986. The Corixidae of Oregon and Washington (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 150: iv 1-84 [49] (description)
Winterbourn, M.J. & Gregson, K.L.D. 1989. Guide to the aquatic insects of New Zealand. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of New Zealand 9: 1-95 [45] (New Zealand)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 30-Nov-2012 | 30-Nov-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Aug-2012 | 15-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 20-Oct-2010 | 06-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |