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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Aquatic Bugs (Nepomorpha) » Corixoidea » Water Boatmen (Corixidae) » Corixinae » Corixini » Sigara » subgenus Vermicorixa (Sigara subgenus Vermicorixa) » Sigara alternata

Species Sigara alternata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Nepomorpha (Aquatic Bugs)
Superfamily Corixoidea
Family Corixidae (Water Boatmen)
Subfamily Corixinae
Tribe Corixini
Genus Sigara
No Taxon (subgenus Vermicorixa)
Species alternata (Sigara alternata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sigara alternata (Say, 1825)
Corixa alternata Say, 1825
Print References
Hungerford, H.B. 1948. The Corixidae of the Western Hemisphere. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 32: 653
Say, T. 1825, Descriptions of new Hemipterous Insects collected in the Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, performed by order of Mr. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under command of Major Long. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 4(2): 329
Internet References
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (1)
Works Cited
1.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Tim Loh on 26 April, 2009 - 1:01am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 2 July, 2016 - 4:00pm

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