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Checklist for Superfamily Corixoidea Enderlein, 1912 (water boatmen)
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
943
36180
241410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
939
36100
241106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
896
35668
239021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
209
5311
23131
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
152
4750
20612
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
70
1638
6830
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Nepomorpha
Popov, 1971
Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, Water bugs
10
67
499
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Corixoidea
Enderlein, 1912
Water boatmen
2
20
149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Africa
2 Families width 149 Species and 23 Subspecies
Corixidae Leach, 1815Lesser Water-Boatman80SpeciesTaxom
Micronectidae Jaczewski, 1924Pygmy water boatmen69SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Africa
20 Genera with 149 Species
Agraptocorixa Kirkaldy, 09SpeciesTaxom
Arctocorisa Wallengren, 1876Water boatman4SpeciesTaxom
Callicorixa White, 18483SpeciesTaxom
Cenocorixa Hungerford, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Centrocorisa Lundblad, 1928
0SpeciesTaxom
Corisella Lundblad, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Corixa Geoffroy, 18079SpeciesTaxom
Cymatia Flor, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Glaenocorisa Thomson, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Heliocorisa Lundblad, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Hesperocorixa Kirkaldy, 18605SpeciesTaxom
Micronecta Kirkaldy, 192983SpeciesTaxom
Palmacorixa Abbott, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Parasigara Poisson, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoglaenocorisa Jaczewski, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Sigara Fabricius, 195044SpeciesTaxom
Stenocorixa Horváth, 19264SpeciesTaxom
Tenagobia Bergroth, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Trichocorixa Kirkaldy, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Tropocorixa Hutchinson, 1940
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
149 Species and 23 Subspecies
Agraptocorixa dakarica Jaczewski, 1926
Agraptocorixa gestroi Kirkaldy, 1898
Agraptocorixa gestroi gestroi Kirkaldy, 1898
Agraptocorixa gestroi senegalensis Jaczewski, 1926
Agraptocorixa mangidyi Poisson, 1952
Agraptocorixa sacra Hutchinson, 1930Truncate saxicave
Agraptocorixa stepaneki Hoberlandt, 1942Sickle saltbush
Agraptocorixa swierstrai Hutchinson, 1929
Agraptocorixa swiertrai⇒ Agraptocorixa swierstrai Hutchinson, 1929
Arctocorisa chanceae Hungerford, 1926Black oak
Arctocorisa chinana Hutchinson, 1928
Arctocorisa planifrons Kirby, 1837
Arctocorisa sutilis Uhler, 1876
Callicorixa alaskensis Hungerford, 1926Black oak
Callicorixa audeni Hungerford, 1928Auden´s Waterboatman
Callicorixa praeusta Fieber, 1848
Cenocorixa bifida Hungerford, 1926Woodland pterostegia
Corisella decolor Uhler, 1871
Corixa affinis Leach, 1817
Corixa dentipes Thomson, 1869
Corixa dorsalis Leach, 1817
Corixa frigidae Linnavuori, 1971
Corixa mirandella Hutchinson, 1930Truncate saxicave
Corixa monticola Linnavuori, 1971
Corixa panzeri Fieber, 1848Macoun's heterocladium moss
Corixa pseudaffinis Poisson, 1950
Corixa punctata Illiger, 1807Common Water Boatman
Cymatia americana Hussey, 1920Birch
Glaenocorisa hugoscotti Hutchinson, 1930Truncate saxicave
Heliocorisa vermiculata Puton, 1874
Hesperocorixa algirica Puton, 1890
Hesperocorixa furtiva Horváth, 1907Leatherside chubs
Hesperocorixa linnaei Fieber, 1848
Hesperocorixa moesta Fieber, 1848
Hesperocorixa parallela Fieber, 1860
Micronecta (Dichaetonecta) scholtzi Fieber, 1860
Micronecta (Micronecta) minuscula Poisson, 1929
Micronecta abyssinica Hutchinson, 1932
Micronecta algirica Poisson, 1928Spring cavefishes
Micronecta ambositrae Poisson, 1951
Micronecta bebedjana Linnavuori, 1981
Micronecta bekilyi Poisson, 1951
Micronecta biimpressa Horváth, 1899
Micronecta biskrensis Horváth, 1899
Micronecta bleekiana Hutchinson, 1929
Micronecta brachynota Horváth, 1899
Micronecta browni Hutchinson, 1929
Micronecta butleriana Hutchinson, 1929
Micronecta christiniana Lansbury, 1954
Micronecta citharista
Micronecta citharistia Hutchinson, 1940
Micronecta compar (Horváth, 1926)⇒ Sigara scutellaris Stål, 1858
Micronecta decipiens Horváth, 1899
Micronecta dekeyseri Poisson, 1957Lesser rushy milkvetch
Micronecta denticulata Hutchinson, 1930Truncate saxicave
Micronecta dimakoana Linnavuori, 1981
Micronecta dimidiata Poisson, 1928Spring cavefishes
Micronecta dimidiata dimidiata Poisson, 1928
Micronecta dimidiata mancinii Poisson, 1955
Micronecta dimidiata pardina Hutchinson, 1929
Micronecta dimidiata schoutedeni Poisson, 1950
Micronecta distans Rey, 1890
Micronecta djaloni Poisson, 1960
Micronecta djaloni djaloni Poisson, 1960
Micronecta djaloni kinkoni Poisson, 1960
Micronecta dorothea Hutchinson, 1929
Micronecta druryana Hutchinson, 1929
Micronecta dubia China, 1924
Micronecta ennedina Dispons, 1965
Micronecta eupompe Hutchinson, 1930Truncate saxicave
Micronecta felix Butler, 1879
Micronecta gorogaiqua Hutchinson, 1929
Micronecta halei Chen, 1965
Micronecta hessei Hutchinson, 1929
Micronecta hovana Poisson, 1938
Micronecta hutchinsoni Jaczewski, 1932Fourwing saltbush
Micronecta isis Horváth, 1899
Micronecta jenkinae Hutchinson, 1932
Micronecta jenkinae jenkinae Hutchinson, 1932
Micronecta jenkinae maculiceps Linnavuori, 1971
Micronecta lesnei Poisson, 1934
Micronecta macentai Poisson, 1960
Micronecta mahajambae Poisson, 1952
Micronecta mateui Dispons, 1965
Micronecta mauritanica Poisson, 1939
Micronecta monomatapae Hutchinson, 1929
Micronecta mutile
Micronecta ngayai Poisson, 1960
Micronecta omeriana Hutchinson, 1930Truncate saxicave
Micronecta opaca Linnavuori, 1971
Micronecta peralita
Micronecta piccanin (Hutchinson, 1940)⇒ Micronecta dimidiata Poisson, 1928
Micronecta piccanin nebulosa Hutchinson, 1932
Micronecta piccanin piccanin Hutchinson, 1930
Micronecta pilosa Poisson, 1938
Micronecta plicata Costa, 1878Japanese fishlouse
Micronecta praetermissa Poisson, 1938
Micronecta quewalepele Hutchinson, 1929
Micronecta ras Hutchinson, 1930Truncate saxicave
Micronecta sambiranoi Poisson, 1951
Micronecta scutellaris (Stål, 1858)⇒ Sigara scutellaris Stål, 1858
Micronecta scutellaris pubescens Hutchinson, 1940
Micronecta scutellaris scutellaris Stål, 1858
Micronecta semilaevis Horváth, 1899
Micronecta simillima Hutchinson, 1929
Micronecta solitaria Horváth, 1899
Micronecta spathula Poisson, 1952
Micronecta sulcata Signoret, 1860
Micronecta tantoui Poisson, 1960
Micronecta tantoui tantoui Poisson, 1960
Micronecta tantoui tenei Poisson, 1960
Micronecta thomasseti Jaczewski, 1927
Micronecta transvaalensis Poisson, 1960
Micronecta uvarovi Jaczewski, 1926
Micronecta vidali Poisson, 1938
Micronecta wau Linnavuori, 1971
Micronecta winifreda Hutchinson, 1929
Micronecta youngiana Hutchinson, 1929
Palmacorixa buenoi Abbott, 1913
Parasigara favieri Poisson, 1939
Parasigara transversa Fieber, 1848
Pseudoglaenocorisa linnavuorii Jansson, 1986
Sigara (Arctosigara) decoratella Hungerford, 1926
Sigara (Arctosigara) penniensis Hungerford, 1928
Sigara (Halicorixa) mayri Fieber, 1860
Sigara (Halicorixa) selecta Fieber, 1848
Sigara (Halicorixa) stagnalis Leach, 1817
Sigara stagnalis stagnalis Leach, 1818
Sigara (Lasiosigara) trilineata Provancher, 1872
Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata Fieber, 1848
Sigara nigrolineata nigrolineata Fieber, 1848
Sigara (Retrocorixa) venusta Douglas & Scott, 1869
Sigara (Sigara) pectoralis Fieber, 1848
Sigara (Sigara) striata Linnaeus, 1758
Sigara (Subsigara) falleni Fieber, 1848
Sigara (Subsigara) fallenoidea Hungerford, 1926
Sigara (Subsigara) fossarum Leach, 1817
Sigara (Tropocorixa) hoggarica Poisson, 1929
Sigara (Tropocorixa) truncatipala Hale, 1922
Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis Leach, 1817
Sigara (Vermicorixa) scripta Rambur, 1840
Sigara abyssinica Jaczewski, 1928
Sigara alluaudi Kirkaldy, 1899
Sigara amaisi Poisson, 1953
Sigara camerounensis Poisson, 1941Fourwing saltbush
Sigara ceres Hutchinson, 1929
Sigara confluens Fieber, 1851
Sigara contortuplicata (Hutchinson n..., 1929)⇒ Sigara wahlbergi Lundblad, 1928
Sigara dayetica Zimmermann, 1980
Sigara gangani Poisson, 1960
Sigara guineensis Poisson, 1952
Sigara hedenborgi Lundblad, 1928
Sigara lundbladiana Hutchinson, 1932
Sigara malandoi Poisson & Sa..., 1969
Sigara manjakatompoi Poisson, 1957Lesser rushy milkvetch
Sigara meridionalis Wallengren, 1875
Sigara omercooperi Hutchinson, 1930Truncate saxicave
Sigara scholtzi Fieber, 1860
Sigara scutellaris Stål, 1858
Sigara serpentis Hutchinson, 1930Truncate saxicave
Sigara sexlineata Reuter, 1882
Sigara sexlineata limpida Linnavuori, 1971
Sigara sexlineata sexlineata Reuter, 1882
Sigara sjoestedti Kirkaldy, 1910
Sigara wahlbergi Lundblad, 1928
Sigara wittei Poisson, 1950
Stenocorixa protrusa Horváth, 1926
Stenocorixa protrusa protrusa Horváth, 1926
Stenocorixa protrusa rhodesiensis Brown, 1962
Stenocorixa protusa (Horváth, 1926)⇒ Agraptocorixa swierstrai Hutchinson, 1929
Trichocorixa verticalis verticalis Fieber, 1851Thinstripe hermit

Subnodes of Corixoidea with occurrences in Africa
FamilyCorixidae
Leach, 1815
Lesser Water-Boatman, Lesser Water-boatmen, Water boatman, Water Boatmen, Waterboatmen
18
80
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMicronectidae
Jaczewski, 1924
pygmy water boatmen
2
69
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Corixoidea at artfakta.se
Corixoidea at dyntaxa.se
Corixoidea at itis.gov