Saica apicalis Osborn & Drake, 1915

María C. Melo, Gimena Dellapé, Leonela Olivera, Pablo S. Varela, Sara I. Montemayor & Pablo M. Dellapé, 2017, Diversity of true bugs from Iguazú National Park, Argentina, Check List 13 (5), pp. 479-511 : 485

Saica apicalis Osborn & Drake, 1915

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Distribution. Argentina: Corrientes; Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guatemala and Panama ( Gil-Santana 2008).

Material examined. 1♀, Misiones, P.N. Iguazú, X-1980, PNI0110 ( MACN).

Remarks. First record for Misiones province.

This species can be distinguished by the general red coloration of the body and the hemelytra with three completely closed discal cells ( McAtee and Malloch 1923). The specimen we examine fits with the specific diagnosis given by McAtee and Malloch (1923) where the posterior pronotal spines are short and acute.

Figures

Figure 14–17. Reduviidae. 14. Zelurus stillatipennis (Stål, 1859). 15. Saica apicalis Osborn & Drake, 1915. 16. Ctenotrachelus macilentus Stål, 1872, new country record. 17. Ocrioessa cornutulus (Berg, 1879).