Saiciretini, Castro-Huertas & Melo, 2025

Saiciretini tribe nov.

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Type genus: Saicireta Melo and Coscarón, 2005 .

Diagnosis: Postocular region protuberant, and with simple thin setae ventrally ( Fig. 6A View Figure 6 ); anteocular region shorter than postocular region ( Fig. 6A View Figure 6 ); second visible labial segment shorter than third one ( Fig. 6A View Figure 6 ); posterior margin of scutellum entire ( Fig. 6C View Figure 6 ); ventral surface of protibia with both simple and spiniform setae ( Fig. 6E View Figure 6 ); paramere nearly straight, wider at apex, with a process on the lateral submedial margin ( Fig. 6F View Figure 6 ); and gonocoxa 8 rectangular.

Examined material: Saicireta correntina Melo and Coscarón, 2005 : one male, holotype, ARGENTINA: Corrientes, Ituzaingó, 27°28 ʹ S, 56°34 ʹ W, Rincón Santa María Reserve   GoogleMaps , 26.iv.2003 / Saicireta correntina Melo and Coscarón, 2005 / he-10284 ( MLP). Four males, one female, paratypes [same data as holotype]/he-10286–10289/he-10285 ( MLP).

Redefinition of Saicini

Considering the phylogenetic results that help redefine the newly circumscribed Saicini , we use the optimization of the characters from our analyses to complement and modify the diagnosis offered by Standring et al. (2023), propose two new subtribes, and give a diagnosis for each genus. Furthermore, we present for the first time a key to the genera of Saicini of the world.