''Saicella'' is a genus of

assassin bug The Reduviidae is a large cosmopolitan family of the suborder Heteroptera of the order Hemiptera (true bugs). Among the Hemiptera and together with the Nabidae almost all species are terrestrial ambush predators; most other predatory Hemiptera ...

s endemic to

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. There are currently six species in the genus. ''Saicella's'' taxonomic position is uncertain, with characters similar to both the

Saicinae Saicinae is a subfamily of the family Reduviidae, or the assassin bugs.Gil-Santana, H. R., Gouveia, F. B. P., & Zeraik, S. O. "''Tagalis evavilmae'' sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Saicinae), an inhabitant of birds' nests in Amazona ...

and

Emesinae The Emesinae, or thread-legged bugs, are a subfamily of the Reduviidae (i.e., assassin bugs). They are conspicuously different from the other reduviids by their very slender body form. They are stalking, predatory insects that can be collected on ...

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

{{Taxonbar, from=Q7399857 Reduviidae Insects of Hawaii Endemic fauna of Hawaii