Saicinae
Creators: name: Gil-Santana, Hélcio R.
name: Costa, Luiz A. A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Reduviidae

description: Key to the New World genera of Saicinae, modified from Gil-Santana et al. (2006), and Weirauch & Forero (2007a)
1 Fore leg without spines, at most with erect setae ........................................................................................................2
1´Fore femur with two rows of spines, fore tibiae either with setae or with spines ........................................................ 5
2 Posterior pronotal lobe with upward projecting spines or tubercles; mesoscutum (scutellum) and metanotum with an upward projecting apical vertical spine or tubercle ...................................................................................................... 3
2´Pronotum unarmed; apex of mesoscutum produced into a long horizontal tapering spine, metanotum without spine
or tubercle ............................................................................................................................................ Oncerotrachelus 3 Opposed surfaces of beak and head with spinelike setae or bristles; forewing with two to three cells; metapleura without a tubercle near coxal cavity .............................................................................................................................4
3´Opposed surfaces of beak and head without spinelike setae or bristles; forewing with four cells; metapleura with a tubercle near coxal cavity ................................................................................................................................. Saicireta
4 Process on lower anterior angle of prothorax acute to subacute; antennal segment II subequal to half the length of antennal segment I; medial process of male pygophore bifurcate; posterior margin of seventh abdominal sternite in females vertical to subvertical ................................................................................................................................ Saica
4´Process on lower anterior angle of prothorax subconical; antennal segment II subequal to 1/3 the length of antennal segment I; medial process of male pygophore a single, erect barbless spine; posterior margin of seventh abdominal sternite in females sloping ventrocephalad ................................................................................................. Pseudosaica
5 Fore tibia with a row of setae directed mediad .............................................................................................. Kiskeyana
5´Fore tibia with ventral row of spines ............................................................................................................................ 6
6 Humeral angles of pronotum without processes, rounded................................................................................. Tagalis
6´Humeral angles of pronotum with spinelike processes ................................................................................................7
7 Fore coxae and anterior pronotal lobe unarmed ............................................................................................. Bagriella
7´Fore coxae spined, anterior pronotal lobe with four spines or rounded humps............................................................ 8
8 Anterior pronotal lobe with four spines; two segments of beak spined ....................................................... Paratagalis
8´Anterior pronotal lobe with four humps; one or all three segments of beak spined..................................................... 9
9 Only the first segment of beak spined; forewings with four closed cells ....................................................... Buninotus
9´All three segments of beak spined; forewings with two closed cells ............................................................ Caprilesia
description: Published as part of Gil-Santana, Hélcio R. & Costa, Luiz A. A., 2009, A new species of Paratagalis Monte from Brazil with taxonomical notes and a key to New World genera of Saicinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Saicinae), pp. 20-30 in Zootaxa 2197 on pages 28-29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189526