
''Edessa'' is a large
New World
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genus of stink bugs in the family
Pentatomidae
Pentatomidae is a family of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, generally called shield bugs or stink bugs. Pentatomidae is the largest family in the superfamily Pentatomoidea, and contains around 900 genera and over 4700 species.Robert ...
, containing over 250 described species. Several other genera used to be included until recently, such as ''
Pygoda'', ''
Ascra
Ascra or Askre ( grc, Ἄσκρη, Áskrē) was a town in ancient Boeotia which is best known today as the home of the poet Hesiod.W. Hazlitt (1858) ''The Classical Gazetteer'' (London)p. 54, s.v. Ascra It was located upon Mount Helicon, five mil ...
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Paraedessa'', ''
Doesburgedessa'' and others.
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Edessa''. Hundreds more species of ''Edessa'' populate the
Neotropics
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Definition
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Edessa abdominalis''
Erichson, 1848 g
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Edessa affinis''
Dallas, 1851 g
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Edessa amazonica''
Fernandes & van Doesburg, 2000 g
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Edessa angusticlada''
g
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Edessa antilope''
Fabricius, 1803 g
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Edessa bifida
''Edessa bifida'' is a species of stink bug in the family Pentatomidae. It is found in the Caribbean
The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the ...
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(Say, 1832) i c g b
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Edessa bilunulata''
Breddin, 1901 g
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Edessa brasiliensis''
g
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Edessa bubala''
(Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1825) g
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Edessa castaneolineata
Edessa (; grc, Ἔδεσσα, Édessa) was an ancient city (''polis'') in Upper Mesopotamia, founded during the Hellenistic period by King Seleucus I Nicator (), founder of the Seleucid Empire. It later became capital of the Kingdom of Osroen ...
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Edessa cervus
Edessa (; grc, Ἔδεσσα, Édessa) was an ancient city ('' polis'') in Upper Mesopotamia, founded during the Hellenistic period by King Seleucus I Nicator (), founder of the Seleucid Empire. It later became capital of the Kingdom of Os ...
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(Fabricius, 1787) i c g
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Edessa costaricensis
Edessa (; grc, Ἔδεσσα, Édessa) was an ancient city ('' polis'') in Upper Mesopotamia, founded during the Hellenistic period by King Seleucus I Nicator (), founder of the Seleucid Empire. It later became capital of the Kingdom of Os ...
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Silva & Fernandes, 2012 z
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Edessa dolichocera
Edessa (; grc, Ἔδεσσα, Édessa) was an ancient city ('' polis'') in Upper Mesopotamia, founded during the Hellenistic period by King Seleucus I Nicator (), founder of the Seleucid Empire. It later became capital of the Kingdom of Os ...
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(Lichtenstein, 1795) g
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Edessa dolosa
Edessa (; grc, Ἔδεσσα, Édessa) was an ancient city ('' polis'') in Upper Mesopotamia, founded during the Hellenistic period by King Seleucus I Nicator (), founder of the Seleucid Empire. It later became capital of the Kingdom of Os ...
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Breddin, 1907 g
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Edessa elongatispina
Edessa (; grc, Ἔδεσσα, Édessa) was an ancient city ('' polis'') in Upper Mesopotamia, founded during the Hellenistic period by King Seleucus I Nicator (), founder of the Seleucid Empire. It later became capital of the Kingdom of Os ...
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Edessa eucnema
Edessa (; grc, Ἔδεσσα, Édessa) was an ancient city ('' polis'') in Upper Mesopotamia, founded during the Hellenistic period by King Seleucus I Nicator (), founder of the Seleucid Empire. It later became capital of the Kingdom of Os ...
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Edessa exigusternata
Edessa (; grc, Ἔδεσσα, Édessa) was an ancient city ('' polis'') in Upper Mesopotamia, founded during the Hellenistic period by King Seleucus I Nicator (), founder of the Seleucid Empire. It later became capital of the Kingdom of Os ...
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Edessa flavinervis
Edessa (; grc, Ἔδεσσα, Édessa) was an ancient city ('' polis'') in Upper Mesopotamia, founded during the Hellenistic period by King Seleucus I Nicator (), founder of the Seleucid Empire. It later became capital of the Kingdom of Os ...
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Stål, 1872 g
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Edessa florida
''Edessa florida'' is a species of stink bug in the family Pentatomidae. It is found in North America.
References
Pentatomidae
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Insects described in 1935
Hemiptera of North America
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Barber, 1935 i c g b
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Edessa godmani''
Distant, 1881 g
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Edessa guyanensis''
Fernandes & van Doesburg, 2000 g
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Edessa helix''
Erichson, 1848 z
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Edessa inclyta''
Walker, 1868 g
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Edessa infulata''
Breddin, 1904 g
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Edessa irrorata''
Dallas, 1851 g
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Edessa jugalis''
Breddin, 1907 g
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Edessa jugata''
(Westwood, 1837) g
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Edessa laticornis''
Stål, 1872 g
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Edessa lineata''
Westwood, 1837 g
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Edessa lineigera''
Bergroth, 1891 g
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Edessa luteomaculata''
Santos & Fernandes g
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Edessa meditabunda''
(Fabricius, 1794) g
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Edessa melacantha''
Dallas, 1851 g
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Edessa metallica''
g
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Edessa metata''
Distant, 1890 g
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Edessa miniata''
Westwood, 1837 g
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Edessa nigridorsata''
Santos & Fernandes g
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Edessa nigriventris''
Santos & Fernandes g
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Edessa oxyacantha''
Breddin, 1904 g
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Edessa picticornis''
Stål, 1872 g
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Edessa pictiventris''
Stål, 1872 z
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Edessa praecellens''
Stål, 1862 g
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Edessa preclara''
g
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Edessa pudibunda''
Stål, 1862 g
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Edessa punctata''
Santos & Fernandes g
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Edessa rufipes''
(Fallou, 1888) g
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Edessa rufomarginata
''Edessa rufomarginata'', also known as red-bordered stink bug, is a species of stink bug. The species was originally described by Charles De Geer in 1773.
Range
''Edessa rufomarginata'' is widely distributed in Central America and South Ameri ...
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(De Geer, 1773) g
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Edessa rugulata''
g
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Edessa satrapa''
Breddin, 1901 g
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Edessa scutellata''
Herrich-Schäffer, 1840 g
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Edessa splendens''
g
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Edessa stolida''
(Linnaeus, 1758) g
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Edessa trabeata''
Burmeister, 1835 g
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Edessa trabecula''
Breddin, 1907 g
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Edessa ura''
Erichson, 1848 g
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Edessa virididorsata''
Silva, Fernandes & Grazia 2006 g
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Edessa viridula''
g
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Edessa vitula''
(Fabricius, 1803) g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net] z = Zootaxa
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q10479886
Pentatomidae
Pentatomomorpha genera