Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Corixoidea (water boatmen) for Western Cape (Cape)

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Checklist for Superfamily Corixoidea Enderlein, 1912 (water boatmen)
and region Western Cape (Cape)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	528 5425 11871	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	526 5418 11860	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	502 5315 11672	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Paraneoptera Martynov, 1923	106 578 921	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs	90 544 892	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Heteroptera Latreille, 1810 Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs	46 231 345	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Nepomorpha Popov, 1971 Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, Water bugs	9 25 59	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Corixoidea Enderlein, 1912 Water boatmen	2 7 23	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Western Cape
2 Families width 23 Species

Corixidae Leach, 1815	Lesser Water-Boatman	14	Species	Taxom
Micronectidae Jaczewski, 1924	Pygmy water boatmen	9	Species	Taxom

Genera for Western Cape
7 Genera with 23 Species

Species list for Western Cape
23 Species

Callicorixa praeusta Fieber, 1848
Corixa dentipes Thomson, 1869
Corixa dorsalis Leach, 1817
Corixa punctata Illiger, 1807	Common Water Boatman
Micronecta bleekiana Hutchinson, 1929
Micronecta butleriana Hutchinson, 1929
Micronecta citharista
Micronecta citharistia Hutchinson, 1940
Micronecta dimidiata Poisson, 1928	Spring cavefishes
Micronecta gorogaiqua Hutchinson, 1929
Micronecta piccanin (Hutchinson, 1940)	⇒ Micronecta dimidiata Poisson, 1928
Micronecta scutellaris (Stål, 1858)	⇒ Sigara scutellaris Stål, 1858
Micronecta winifreda Hutchinson, 1929
Sigara (Lasiosigara) trilineata Provancher, 1872
Sigara (Retrocorixa) venusta Douglas & Scott, 1869
Sigara (Sigara) pectoralis Fieber, 1848
Sigara (Subsigara) falleni Fieber, 1848
Sigara (Subsigara) fossarum Leach, 1817
Sigara ceres Hutchinson, 1929
Sigara contortuplicata (Hutchinson n..., 1929)	⇒ Sigara wahlbergi Lundblad, 1928
Sigara meridionalis Wallengren, 1875
Sigara scutellaris Stål, 1858
Sigara wahlbergi Lundblad, 1928

Subnodes of Corixoidea with occurrences in Western Cape

Family	Corixidae Leach, 1815 Lesser Water-Boatman, Lesser Water-boatmen, Water boatman, Water Boatmen, Waterboatmen	6 14	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Micronectidae Jaczewski, 1924 pygmy water boatmen	1 9	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

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