Insects
Beetles (Coleoptera)
Water beetles (several families)
Sighting 4582810

Sigara (genus)

Freshwater Creek, VIC

Sigara (genus) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 26 Dec 2022 12:08 AM
Sigara (genus) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 26 Dec 2022 12:08 AM
Sigara (genus) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 26 Dec 2022 12:08 AM
Sigara (genus) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 26 Dec 2022 12:08 AM
Sigara (genus) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 26 Dec 2022 12:08 AM
Sigara (genus) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 26 Dec 2022 12:08 AM
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Identification history

Sigara (genus) 19 Jun 2025 MichaelMulvaney
Sigara (Tropocorixa) sp. 17 Jun 2025 WendyEM
Unverified 28 Jul 2024 WendyEM

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KimberiRP wrote:
   17 Jun 2025
Sigara (Tropocorixa) sp. in the 'Water boatmen' family, Corixidae . ALA has records of two species in your district: S. (T.) neboissi and S. (T.) sublaevifrons, but I don't know which this is.
btw Tropocorixa is a subgenus within genus Sigara

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  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible

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