Saica apicalis Osborn & Drake 1915
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Saica apicalis Osborn & Drake, 1915
Saica apicalis (Figs. 23–24), originally described from Guatemala (Osborn & Drake 1915), has been recorded from Panama, French Guiana, Brazil, and Argentina (McAtee & Malloch 1923; Villiers 1943; Wygodzinsky 1949; Froeschner 1988; Maldonado 1990; Melo & Coscarón 1994; Gil-Santana & Marques 2005). Elkins (1951) recorded this species from Texas, USA, based on a single specimen collected at light. However, Blinn (1990) considered the presence of S. apicalis in Texas could be a result of an accidental introduction of an exotic species, or a labeling error. This author also considered the species widely distributed in Central America south of Mexico, without further consideration of specimens examined or countries included.
Gil-Santana & Marques (2005) related the variability of the posterior pronotal spines in S. apicalis, from long to imperceptible. The specimen studied here has moderately long posterior pronotal spines (Fig. 24).
New record. Bolivia, El Carmen.
Material examined: BOLIVIA, 1 male, El Carmen, Camargo, II-[1]955 [MZUSP].
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Published as part of Gil-Santana, Hélcio R., 2008, New records, and nomenclatural and biological notes on Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Bolivia and Brazil, pp. 43-53 in Zootaxa 1785 on page 50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.182460Files
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Reduviidae
- Genus
- Saica
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Osborn & Drake
- Species
- apicalis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Saica apicalis Osborn, 1915 sec. Gil-Santana, 2008
References
- McAtee, W. L. and Malloch, J. R. (1923) Notes on American Bactrodinae and Saicinae (Heteroptera: Reduviidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 16, 247 - 255.
- Villiers, A. (1943) Catalogue des Saicitae (Hem. Reduviidae). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 15, 318 - 323.
- Wygodzinsky, P. (1949) Elenco sistematico de los reduviiformes americanos. Instituto de Medicina Regional de la Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Monografia, 1, 1 - 102.
- Froeschner, R. C. (1988) Family Reduviidae Latreille, 1807. The Assassin Bugs. In: Henry, T. J. & Froeschner, R. C. (Eds.), Catalog of the Heteroptera, or true bugs, of Canada and the continental United States. E. Brill, New York, pp. 616 - 651.
- Maldonado, C. J. (1990) Systematic catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World, Caribbean Journal of Science, Special publication No. 1, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, 694 pp.
- Gil-Santana, H. R. & Marques, O. M. (2005) Primeiro registro de Saica apicalis Osborn & Drake para o Brasil e Pseudosaica florida (Barber), com notas taxonomicas e chave para os generos de Saicinae do Brasil (Hemiptera, Reduviidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 22, 405 - 409.
- Elkins, J. C. (1951) The Reduviidae of Texas. Texas Journal of Science, 4, 408 - 412.