Pseudosaica Blinn, 1990

Type species: Pseudosaica panamaensis Blinn, 1990 . By original designation, three species included.

Diagnosis: Humeral angles, mesonotum, and scutellum spined; posteromedial process of pygophore produced, tapering, with an apical keel; posterior margin of abdominal sternite 7 and tergites 8 and 9 slope ventrocephalad; anterior margin of proepisternal supracoxal lobe projected (Blinn 1990, Castro-Huertas et al. 2023). In addition, anterior margin of protuberance on scutellum emarginate; transverse bridge of pygophore wide, lateral margin of paramere socket produced, ventral region of pygophore with short dense setae; and dorsal phallotecal sclerite asymmetric.

Examined material: Pseudosaica panamaensis Blinn, 1990: one male, COLOMBIA: Valle, Cali, 1000 m, domicilio, 17.i.1994, G. Guevara (MUSENUV); one female, PANAMA: Chiriqui, PILA, Jurutungo, 3–5.ix.2017, 1976 m, UTM 17P, 0310426, light trap, 0985320, J.A. Ramírez / BCI 167424 (STRI); one female, ARGENTINA: Chaco, P.N. El Impenetrable, Estación de Campo El Teuco, –25.064561 60.9464903, T. de luz, 10.xii.2021, Melo, M.C. (MLP). Pseudosaica charrua Castro-Huertas, Forero and Melo, 2022: two males, holotype and paratype, ARGENTINA: Entre Ríos, de Concordia Federación, i.1981, coll. Martínez (MLP).