Saica Amyot & Serville, 1843 (Reduviidae, Emesinae, Saicini): taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis with morphological characters Author María, Valentina Castro-Huertas División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s / n B 1900 FWA, La Plata, Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, CONICET valeoptera @ gmail. com (corresponding author) ceciliamelo @ fcnym. unlp. edu. ar ceciliamelo@fcnym.unlp.edu Author Melo, María Cecilia División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s / n B 1900 FWA, La Plata, Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, CONICET valeoptera @ gmail. com (corresponding author) ceciliamelo @ fcnym. unlp. edu. ar ceciliamelo@fcnym.unlp.edu text Zoosystema 2024 2024-12-17 46 32 813 845 https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/zoosystema2024v46a32.pdf journal article 306782 10.5252/zoosystema2024v46a32 5c349e1d-f5b3-443e-8b9d-dd98cc22ea13 1638-9387 14532160 DED2FACC-4128-49BB-A017-220D0ED10888

TABLE 2. — Measurements of Saica Amyot & Serville, 1843 species. All measurements are in mm. Abbreviations: Wid., width; Len., length; scap., scapus; ped., pedicel; basif., basiflagellomere; distif., distiflagellomere; lb1, labial visible segment 1; lb2, labial visible segment 2; lb3, labial visible segment 3; cx, coxa; fem., femur; tib, tibia; T. Len fw., total length to forewing; T. Len. abd., total length to abdomen.

						Head					Prothorax			Proleg		T.	T. Len.
		Wid.	Len.	scap.	ped.	basif.	distif. Lb1		Lb2	Lb3	Wid.	Len.	cx	fem	tib	Len. fw.	abd.
Saica apicalis Osborn & Drake, 1915
male /	Mean	1.06	1.40	5.34	2.82	3.08	1.40	0.88	0.45	0.43	1.78	2.22	0.92	4.28	4.84	12.64	12.22
N =5	SD.	0.05	0.16	0.71	0.29	0.45	0.29	0.04	0.03	0.06	0.40	0.26	0.13	0.82	0.74	1.19	1.37
	Range	0.10	0.40	1.90	0.60	1.10	0.70	0.12	0.08	0.16	0.80	0.60	0.30	2.00	1.90	2.80	3.20
	Min.	1.00	1.20	4.20	2.50	2.30	1.20	0.82	0.42	0.36	1.30	1.90	0.80	3.70	4.20	10.80	10.00
	Max.	1.10	1.60	6.10	3.10	3.40	1.90	0.94	0.50	0.52	2.10	2.50	1.10	5.70	6.10	13.60	13.20
female /	Mean	1.13	1.47	4.70	2.50	2.60	1.20	0.97	0.45	0.37	2.03	2.33	0.83	4.30	4.70	13.40	13.00
N =3	SD.	0.06	0.06	0.17	0.40	0.53	0.10	0.09	0.04	0.04	0.12	0.06	0.06	0.50	0.46	1.47	1.39
	Range	0.10	0.10	0.30	0.80	1.00	0.20	0.18	0.08	0.08	0.20	0.10	0.10	1.00	0.90	2.60	2.50
	Min.	1.10	1.40	4.60	2.10	2.20	1.10	0.90	0.42	0.34	1.90	2.30	0.80	3.80	4.30	11.70	11.40
	Max.	1.20	1.50	4.90	2.90	3.20	1.30	1.08	0.50	0.42	2.10	2.40	0.90	4.80	5.20	14.30	13.90
Saica carayoni Villiers, 1943
male /		1.34	1.60	5.56	2.65	3.66	1.68	1.35	0.54	0.37	2.33	2.64	0.74	4.85	6.15	15.58	15.00
N = 1
Saica elkinsi Blinn, 1994
female /		0.85	1.09	2.78	1.12	1.58	1.14	0.67	0.34	0.17	1.34	1.52	0.63	2.67	2.77	8.64	8.70
N = 1
Saica erubescens Champion, 1898
male /	Mean	0.75	1.05	4.10	1.80	2.20	1.10	0.56	0.31	0.23	1.25	1.55	0.55	2.60	2.80	8.75	8.45
N = 2	SD.	0.07	0.21	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.01	0.01	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.14	0.00	0.35	0.35
	Range	0.10	0.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.12	0.02	0.02	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.20	0.00	0.50	0.50
	Min.	0.70	0.90	4.10	1.80	2.20	1.10	0.50	0.30	0.22	1.20	1.50	0.50	2.50	2.80	8.50	8.20
	Max.	0.80	1.20	4.10	1.80	2.20	1.10	0.62	0.32	0.24	1.30	1.60	0.60	2.70	2.80	9.00	8.70
Saica fuscipes Stål, 1862
female		1.12	1.28	3.14	2.35	1.52	0.79	0.63	0.34	0.32	1.94	2.17	0.73	3.13	3.51	12.60	12.20
N =1
Saica lativentris Villiers, 1943
male /		1.00	1.40	5.90	3.30	2.40	1.30	0.86	0.38	0.42	2.10	2.40	0.70	4.10	4.90	12.80	12.20
N =1
Saica meridionalis Fracker & Bruner, 1924
female /	Mean	1.08	1.23	5.55	2.90	3.20	1.45	0.91	0.44	0.42	2.03	2.30	0.80	4.10	4.55	11.78	11.38
N =4	SD.	0.10	0.17	0.90	0.74	0.55	0.10	0.12	0.06	0.09	0.33	0.34	0.14	0.50	0.45	0.49	0.70
	Range	0.20	0.40	1.90	1.60	1.20	0.20	0.28	0.14	0.18	0.70	0.70	0.30	1.10	1.00	1.10	1.70
	Min.	1.00	1.00	5.00	2.40	2.80	1.40	0.80	0.36	0.30	1.80	2.10	0.60	3.70	4.20	11.40	10.50
	Max.	1.20	1.40	6.90	4.00	4.00	1.60	1.08	0.50	0.48	2.50	2.80	0.90	4.80	5.20	12.50	12.20
Saica ochracea Distant, 1902
male /		1.17	1.64	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.95	0.45	0.00	2.51	2.58	0.80	4.12	4.16	13.38	13.17
N =1
Saica recurvata (Fabricius, 1803)
male /	Mean	1.32	1.48	7.24	3.88	4.38	1.88	1.00	0.50	0.36	2.08	2.34	0.84	4.86	5.56	14.28	13.72
N =5	SD.	0.08	0.16	0.48	0.24	0.38	0.15	0.10	0.04	0.09	0.13	0.05	0.11	0.49	0.29	1.22	1.41
	Range	0.20	0.40	1.20	0.60	0.90	0.40	0.26	0.10	0.22	0.30	0.10	0.30	1.20	0.50	3.30	3.90
	Min.	1.20	1.30	6.80	3.60	4.10	1.70	0.86	0.46	0.26	1.90	2.30	0.70	4.40	5.50	12.90	12.10
	Max.	1.40	1.70	8.00	4.20	5.00	2.10	1.12	0.56	0.48	2.20	2.40	1.00	5.60	6.00	16.20	16.00
female /	Mean	1.26	1.54	7.14	3.72	4.42	1.86	1.06	0.55	0.45	2.26	2.62	0.82	5.12	5.80	15.06	14.54
N =5	SD.	0.05	0.11	0.56	0.18	0.45	0.11	0.06	0.10	0.08	0.15	0.08	0.13	0.47	0.45	0.71	0.58
	Range	0.10	0.30	1.20	0.40	1.20	0.30	0.14	0.26	0.22	0.40	0.20	0.30	1.10	1.10	1.60	1.30
	Min.	1.20	1.40	6.50	3.50	3.80	1.70	0.98	0.38	0.34	2.10	2.50	0.70	4.70	5.30	14.20	13.90
	Max.	1.30	1.70	7.70	3.90	5.00	2.00	1.12	0.64	0.56	2.50	2.70	1.00	5.80	6.40	15.80	15.20
Saica rubripes Champion, 1898
male /	Mean	1.15	1.25	6.65	4.15	3.70	1.95	0.99	0.51	0.33	2.10	2.35	0.80	4.40	4.95	13.90	13.60
N = 2	SD.	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.28	0.07	0.07	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.07	0.14	0.42	0.35	0.14	0.14
	Range	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.40	0.10	0.10	0.02	0.02	0.00	0.10	0.20	0.60	0.50	0.20	0.20
	Min.	1.10	1.20	6.60	4.10	3.50	1.90	0.94	0.50	0.32	2.10	2.30	0.70	4.10	4.70	13.80	13.50
	Max.	1.20	1.30	6.70	4.20	3.90	2.00	1.04	0.52	0.34	2.10	2.40	0.90	4.70	5.20	14.00	13.70
female /	Mean	1.25	1.80	6.85	4.50	4.40	1.60	0.98	0.57	0.47	2.35	2.70	1.05	5.50	6.10	15.60	15.90
N =2	SD.	0.07	0.14	0.21	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.14	0.07	0.10	0.21	0.42	0.07	0.00	0.28	1.27	0.99
	Range	0.10	0.20	0.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.20	0.10	0.14	0.30	0.60	0.10	0.00	0.40	1.80	1.40
	Min.	1.20	1.70	6.70	4.50	4.40	1.60	0.88	0.52	0.40	2.20	2.40	1.00	5.50	5.90	14.70	15.20
	Max.	1.30	1.90	7.00	4.50	4.40	1.60	1.08	0.62	0.54	2.50	3.00	1.10	5.50	6.30	16.50	16.60
Saica subinermis Hussey, 1953
male /		1.22	1.50	3.52	1.45	2.50	1.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.35	2.37	0.00	3.52	3.95	13.50	0.00
N = 1
						Head					Prothorax			Proleg		T.	T. Len.
		Wid.	Len.	scap.	ped.	basif.	distif. Lb1		Lb2	Lb3	Wid.	Len.	cx	fem	tib	Len. fw.	abd.
Saica tibialis Stål, 1862
male /	Mean	0.87	1.07	3.93	1.83	2.03	1.10	0.71	0.36	0.31	1.33	1.67	0.70	3.13	3.33	10.43	10.03
N =3	SD.	0.06	0.06	0.15	0.21	0.31	0.17	0.06	0.02	0.03	0.15	0.15	0.10	0.21	0.15	0.15	0.15
	Range	0.10	0.10	0.30	0.40	0.60	0.30	0.12	0.04	0.06	0.30	0.30	0.20	0.40	0.30	0.30	0.30
	Min.	0.80	1.00	3.80	1.60	1.70	1.00	0.66	0.34	0.28	1.20	1.50	0.60	2.90	3.20	10.30	9.90
	Max.	0.90	1.10	4.10	2.00	2.30	1.30	0.78	0.38	0.34	1.50	1.80	0.80	3.30	3.50	10.60	10.20
female /		1.00	1.10	4.10	1.60	1.70	1.00	0.68	0.30	0.32	1.50	2.20	0.70	3.20	3.30	10.90	10.70
N = 1
Saica tupackatari n. sp.
male /		1.10	1.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.78	0.42	0.32	1.80	2.00	0.60	3.20	3.80	11.70	11.40
N = 1