Saicella

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.

Saicella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Suborder:
Heteroptera
Superfamily:
Cimicomorpha
Family:
Reduviidae
Genus:
Saicella

Usinger, 1958

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
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References
  1. 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.
  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.
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