Saicella Explained

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.

List of species

• Saicella kipahulu Polhemus, 2000
• Saicella lilinoe Polhemus, 2000
• Saicella mulli Polhemus, 2000
• Saicella perkinsi Polhemus, 2000
• Saicella smithi Usinger, 1958
• Saicella usingeri Wygodzinsky, 1966

Notes and References

1. A New Genus of Reduviidae from the Hawaiian Islands (Hemiptera) . Robert L. Usinger . Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society . 16 . 3 . 1958 . 437–440.
2. 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 .