Edessa (bug)

Edessa
Edessa rufomarginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Infraorder: Pentatomorpha
Superfamily: Pentatomoidea
Family: Pentatomidae
Subfamily: Edessinae
Genus: Edessa
Fabricius, 1803
Species

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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 Ascra, Paraedessa, Doesburgedessa and others.

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