Saica (bug)

Saica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Reduviidae
Subfamily:	Saicinae
Genus:	Saica Amyot & Serville, 1843

Saica is a genus of assassin bugs in the family Reduviidae. There are at least three described species in Saica. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These three species belong to the genus Saica:

• Saica apicalis Osborn and Drake, 1915 ^{i c g}
• Saica elkinsi Blinn, 1994 ^{i c g b}
• Saica recurvata (Fabricius, 1803) ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[1] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[2] g = GBIF, ^[3] b = Bugguide.net ^[4]

References

1. "Saica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
2. "Browse Saica". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
3. "Saica". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
4. "Saica Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.

Further reading

• Blinn, R. L. (1994). "Synopsis of the Saicinae (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) of America North of Mexico, with the description of a new species of Saica from the eastern United States". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 102 (1): 62–66. JSTOR   25010053.
• Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN   978-90-71912-15-3.
• Schuh, Randall T.; Weirauch, Christiane; Wheeler, Ward C. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis". Systematic Entomology. 34 (1): 15–48. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.498.8756 . doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x.