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''Edessa'' is a large
New World The term ''New World'' is often used to mean the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. ...
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 ...
'', '' Paraedessa'', '' Doesburgedessa'' and others.


Species

These species belong to the genus ''Edessa''. Hundreds more species of ''Edessa'' populate the
Neotropics The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bi ...
. * '' Edessa abdominalis'' Erichson, 1848 g * '' Edessa affinis'' Dallas, 1851 g * '' Edessa amazonica'' Fernandes & van Doesburg, 2000 g * '' Edessa angusticlada'' g * '' Edessa antilope'' Fabricius, 1803 g * ''
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 ...
'' (Say, 1832) i c g b * '' Edessa bilunulata'' Breddin, 1901 g * '' Edessa brasiliensis'' g * '' Edessa bubala'' (Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1825) g * ''
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 ...
'' (Fabricius, 1787) i c g * ''
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 ...
'' Silva & Fernandes, 2012 z * ''
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 ...
'' (Lichtenstein, 1795) g * ''
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 ...
'' Breddin, 1907 g * ''
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 ...
'' Stål, 1872 g * ''
Edessa florida ''Edessa florida'' is a species of stink bug in the family Pentatomidae. It is found in North America. References Pentatomidae Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1935 Hemiptera of North America {{Pentatomoidea-stub ...
'' Barber, 1935 i c g b * '' Edessa godmani'' Distant, 1881 g * '' Edessa guyanensis'' Fernandes & van Doesburg, 2000 g * '' Edessa helix'' Erichson, 1848 z * '' Edessa inclyta'' Walker, 1868 g * '' Edessa infulata'' Breddin, 1904 g * '' Edessa irrorata'' Dallas, 1851 g * '' Edessa jugalis'' Breddin, 1907 g * '' Edessa jugata'' (Westwood, 1837) g * '' Edessa laticornis'' Stål, 1872 g * '' Edessa lineata'' Westwood, 1837 g * '' Edessa lineigera'' Bergroth, 1891 g * '' Edessa luteomaculata'' Santos & Fernandes g * '' Edessa meditabunda'' (Fabricius, 1794) g * '' Edessa melacantha'' Dallas, 1851 g * '' Edessa metallica'' g * '' Edessa metata'' Distant, 1890 g * '' Edessa miniata'' Westwood, 1837 g * '' Edessa nigridorsata'' Santos & Fernandes g * '' Edessa nigriventris'' Santos & Fernandes g * '' Edessa oxyacantha'' Breddin, 1904 g * '' Edessa picticornis'' Stål, 1872 g * '' Edessa pictiventris'' Stål, 1872 z * '' Edessa praecellens'' Stål, 1862 g * '' Edessa preclara'' g * '' Edessa pudibunda'' Stål, 1862 g * '' Edessa punctata'' Santos & Fernandes g * '' Edessa rufipes'' (Fallou, 1888) g * ''
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 ...
'' (De Geer, 1773) g * '' Edessa rugulata'' g * '' Edessa satrapa'' Breddin, 1901 g * '' Edessa scutellata'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1840 g * '' Edessa splendens'' g * '' Edessa stolida'' (Linnaeus, 1758) g * '' Edessa trabeata'' Burmeister, 1835 g * '' Edessa trabecula'' Breddin, 1907 g * '' Edessa ura'' Erichson, 1848 g * '' Edessa virididorsata'' Silva, Fernandes & Grazia 2006 g * '' Edessa viridula'' g * '' Edessa vitula'' (Fabricius, 1803) g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net z = Zootaxa


References

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