Saicella is a genus of assassin bugs endemic to Hawaii.[1] There are currently six species in the genus.[2] Saicella's taxonomic position is uncertain, with characters similar to both the Saicinae and Emesinae subfamilies.
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| Genus: | Saicella Usinger, 1958
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List of species edit
- Saicella kipahulu Polhemus, 2000
- Saicella lilinoe Polhemus, 2000
- Saicella mulli Polhemus, 2000
- Saicella perkinsi Polhemus, 2000
- Saicella smithi Usinger, 1958
- Saicella usingeri Wygodzinsky, 1966
References edit
- ^ Robert L. Usinger (1958). "A New Genus of Reduviidae from the Hawaiian Islands (Hemiptera)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 16 (3): 437–440.
- ^ D. A. Polhemus (2000). "A revision of the endemic hawaiian genus Saicella Usinger, with descriptions of four new species (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 102 (1): 1–20.