NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Corixinae
  Family - Corixidae
  Superfamily - Corixoidea
  Infraorder - Nepomorpha
  Suborder - Heteroptera
  Order - Hemiptera
  Superorder - Paraneoptera
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subgenus - Sigara (Allosigara)
      Subgenus - Sigara (Arctosigara)
      Subgenus - Sigara (Lasiosigara)
      Subgenus - Sigara (Pediosigara)
      Subgenus - Sigara (Phaeosigara)
      Subgenus - Sigara (Pileosigara)
      Subgenus - Sigara (Subsigara)
      Subgenus - Sigara (Vermicorixa)
      Subgenus - Sigara (Xenosigara)
      Subgenus - Sigara (Sigara)