Saica Amyot and Serville, 1843

Saica Amyot and Serville, 1843 View in CoL

Type species: Zelus recurvatus Fabricius, 1803 . By monotypy, 14 species included.

Diagnosis: Head with a tuft of strong setae on mandibular plates and on postocular region ventrally; pedicel subequal to half the length of scape; anterior margin of proepisternal supracoxal lobe produced as an acute to subacute process; thoracic spines always present and of variable length, except on anterior lobe of pronotum; prolegs with simple strong setae; protibiae conspicuously curved; scopula setae dense on ventral surface of all third tarsomere; posteromedial process of pygophore bifid; posterior margin of the abdominal sternite VII of females vertical to subvertical (Castro-Huertas and Melo 2024). In addition; gonocoxa 8 with medial margin entire, and with homogeneous setae.

Examined material: Saica apicalis Osborn and Drake, 1915 : COLOMBIA: one male, Nariño, Tumaco, C.I. El Mira   GoogleMaps , 1°32’59 ʹʹ N 78°11’58 ʹʹ W, 16 m, captura manual, iv.2017, E. Vergara ( UNAB); 1 female, Cundinamarca, Guayabetal   GoogleMaps , 4°13’40 ʹʹ N 73°48’59 ʹʹ W, 1200 m, 10.iii.1996, F. Munevar ( UNAB). Saica meridionalis FrackerandBruner, 1924 :onefemale, COLOMBIA: Santander, La Belleza, Ver. Los Naranjos , 21.iii.1997, H. Marín. leg ( UNAB). Saica rubripes Champion, 1898 : PANAMA: one male, Panama province, Barro Colorado Is.   GoogleMaps , 30.iv.2015, 9°9’17 ʹʹ N 79°50’53 ʹʹ W, beating, BE-BCI-APR2015-AB, M. Lucas /BCI 11833 ( MPUJ); one female, Panama province, Barro Colorado Is., 1.iii.2011, 9°9’17 ʹʹ N 79°50’53 ʹʹ W, light trap LT-ARM 1- MAR 2011 -A, Bobadilla, González, Osorio, Pérez /BCI 37066 ( STRI). Saica tibialis Stål, 1862 : COLOMBIA: one male, Cundinamarca, Sasaima, Vda. Nariz Alta, Finca   GoogleMaps ‘ El Tapaz’   GoogleMaps 4°58’ N 74°28’ W, 1150 m, captura con jama en arbusto, 21.vii.2012, L. Sánchez ( UNAB); one female, La Sierra , 07.i.1996, García Parra leg ( UNAB).