Edessa (bug)

Edessa
Edessa rufomarginata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Subfamily: Edessinae
Genus: Edessa
Fabricius, 1803
Synonyms

Aceratodes Amyot & Serville, 1843
Dorypleura Amyot & Serville, 1843
Hypoxys Amyot & Serville, 1843
Pygoda Amyot & Serville, 1843

Edessa is a large New World genus of stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae, containing over 250 described species. Several other genera used to be included until recently, such as Pygoda, Ascra, Paraedessa, Doesburgedessa and others.

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