Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Corixoidea (water boatmen) for Niger (West Africa)

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

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	187 1182 2149	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	187 1182 2149	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	174 1150 2105	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Paraneoptera Martynov, 1923	39 109 121	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs	34 99 112	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Heteroptera Latreille, 1810 Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs	16 47 54	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Nepomorpha Popov, 1971 Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, Water bugs	3 3 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Corixoidea Enderlein, 1912 Water boatmen	2 2 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Niger
2 Families width 4 Species

Micronectidae (Jaczewski, 1924)	Pygmy water boatmen	3	Species	Taxom
Corixidae Leach, 1815	Lesser Water-Boatman	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Niger
2 Genera with 4 Species

Micronecta Kirkaldy, 1858		3	Species	Taxom
Sigara Fabricius, 1858		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Niger
4 Species

Micronecta dekeyseri Poisson, 1957	Lesser rushy milkvetch
Micronecta eupompe Hutchinson, 1930	Truncate saxicave
Micronecta scutellaris (Stål, 1858)	⇒ Sigara scutellaris Stål, 1858
Sigara scutellaris Stål, 1858

Subnodes of Corixoidea with occurrences in Niger

Family	Corixidae Leach, 1815 Lesser Water-Boatman, Lesser Water-boatmen, Water boatman, Water Boatmen, Waterboatmen	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Micronectidae Jaczewski, 1924 pygmy water boatmen	1 3	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Corixoidea at artfakta.se
Corixoidea at dyntaxa.se
Corixoidea at itis.gov