Saicella

Saicella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Superfamily:	Cimicomorpha
Family:	Reduviidae
Genus:	Saicella; Usinger, 1958

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

References

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.

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[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.