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.
Species
These species belong to the genus Edessa. Hundreds more species of Edessa populate the Neotropics.
- Edessa abdominalis <small>Erichson, 1848</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa affinis <small>Dallas, 1851</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa amazonica <small>Fernandes & van Doesburg, 2000</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa angusticlada<span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa antilope <small>Fabricius, 1803</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa bifida <small>(Say, 1832)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Edessa bilunulata <small>Breddin, 1901</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa brasiliensis<span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa bubala <small>(Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1825)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa castaneolineata<span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa cervus <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Edessa costaricensis <small>Silva & Fernandes, 2012</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> z</sup></span>
- Edessa dolichocera <small>(Lichtenstein, 1795)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa dolosa <small>Breddin, 1907</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa elongatispina<span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa eucnema<span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa exigusternata<span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa flavinervis <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1872</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa florida <small>Barber, 1935</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Edessa godmani <small>Distant, 1881</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa guyanensis <small>Fernandes & van Doesburg, 2000</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa helix <small>Erichson, 1848</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> z</sup></span>
- Edessa inclyta <small>Walker, 1868</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa infulata <small>Breddin, 1904</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa irrorata <small>Dallas, 1851</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa jugalis <small>Breddin, 1907</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa jugata <small>(Westwood, 1837)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa laticornis <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1872</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa lineata <small>Westwood, 1837</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa lineigera <small>Bergroth, 1891</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa luteomaculata <small>Santos & Fernandes</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa meditabunda <small>(Fabricius, 1794)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa melacantha <small>Dallas, 1851</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa metallica<span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa metata <small>Distant, 1890</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa miniata <small>Westwood, 1837</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa nigridorsata <small>Santos & Fernandes</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa nigriventris <small>Santos & Fernandes</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa oxyacantha <small>Breddin, 1904</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa picticornis <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1872</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa pictiventris <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1872</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> z</sup></span>
- Edessa praecellens <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1862</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa preclara<span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa pudibunda <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1862</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa punctata <small>Santos & Fernandes</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa rufipes <small>(Fallou, 1888)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa rufomarginata <small>(De Geer, 1773)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa rugulata<span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa satrapa <small>Breddin, 1901</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa scutellata <small>Herrich-Schäffer, 1840</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa splendens<span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa stolida <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa trabeata <small>Burmeister, 1835</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa trabecula <small>Breddin, 1907</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa ura <small>Erichson, 1848</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa virididorsata <small>Silva, Fernandes & Grazia 2006</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa viridula<span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Edessa vitula <small>(Fabricius, 1803)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small> <small>z = Zootaxa</small>
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