Sigara fallenoidea

Sigara fallenoidea is a species of water boatman in the family Corixidae in the order Hemiptera. It was described by Hungerford with the type locality in Canada. In Ireland, Walton discovered a 'new' species of corixidae which he named Sigara pearcei.^[1] This was synonymised by Hungerford in 1950. The distribution of S. fallenoidea is therefore an extraordinary one including Canada, Ireland, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Ukraine and Russia.^[2] In Ireland, Sigara fallenoidea is found in all the large lakes on the island. There are confirmed records from Loughs Neagh, Beg and Portmore Lough; Upper and Lower Lough Erne; Lough Melvin; Loughs Ree, Derg and Key on the Shannon; and Lough Corrib.^[3]

Sigara fallenoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Corixidae
Genus:	Sigara
Species:	S. fallenoidea
Binomial name
Sigara fallenoidea (Hungerford, 1926)