Sigara scotti (Douglas & Scott, 1868)
(a lesser waterboatman)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSigara scotti (a lesser waterboatman)
GenusSigara (a genus of lesser waterboatmen)
FamilyCORIXIDAE (a family of lesser water boatmen)
SuperfamilyCORIXOIDEA (a superfamily of lesser water boatmen)
InfraorderNepomorpha (an infraorder of waterbugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Sigara scotti (a lesser waterboatman) :
1: Sigara scotti (a lesser waterboatman)
7 Oct 2011 OSGR: SO49 52° 30’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: Shrops (VC 40) England
male, in shallow, muddy bog pool
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - close-up - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Male - abdomen tip - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 7: Male - fore-leg - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 8: Male - genital capsule - close-up - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 9: Male - genital capsule - close-up - microscope low magnification - white background (2)Image 10: Male - strigil etc - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 11: Male - terminalia - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - white background

Sigara scotti (a lesser waterboatman) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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