New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Paraguay, and Peru Gil-Santana, Hélcio R. Husemann, Martin Revista Chilena de Entomología 2023 Rev. Chil. Entomol. 2023-06-30 49 2 395 412 4TZFM Osborn & Drake, 1915 Osborn & Drake 1915 [463,897,636,661] Insecta Reduviidae Saica Animalia Hemiptera 12 407 Arthropoda species apicalis  ( Figs. 23-25)   Material examined.  Saica apicalis.  1 female.  PERU,Amazonas, RodrÍguez de Mendoza,  IV.1997, P. Sanchez, leg. [ MNRJ].   Saica apicaliswas described from Guatemala( Osborn and Drake 1915), and has been recorded from several Neotropical countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guianaand Panama( McAtee and Malloch 1923; Maldonado Capriles 1990; Melo and Coscarón 1994; Gil-Santana and Marques 2005; Gil-Santana 2008). Elkins (1951)recorded this species from Texas, USA, based on a single specimen collected at light. However, Blinn (1994)considered the presence of  S. apicalisin Texascould be a result of an accidental introduction of an exotic species, or a labeling error. Therefore, its natural occurrence in the USAremains to be confirmed. The variability of posterior pronotal spines, from long to imperceptible, in  S. apicalis, was recorded by Gil-Santana and Marques (2005). The female examined here ( Figs. 23-25) showed to have short posterior pronotal spines ( Fig. 24). The presence of three completely closed cells, including the basal cell, in the forewing ( Fig. 25), as recorded in the specimen from Peru, was considered as a diagnostic characteristic to the species by McAtee and Malloch (1923).   Distribution. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guatemala, Panama, Peru( new record), USA(?). 1997-04 MNRJ de Mendoza & P. Sanchez Peru RodrIguez de Mendoza 12 407 1 1