| Sigara | |
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| Sigara striata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Corixidae |
| Tribe: | Corixini |
| 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]
- ^ "Sigara Fabricius, 1775". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan (2008) Makgadikgadi, The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham