Edessa (genus)
Edessa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Infraorder: | Pentatomorpha |
Superfamily: | Pentatomoidea |
Family: | Pentatomidae |
Subfamily: | Edessinae |
Genus: | Edessa Fabricius, 1803 |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Aceratodes 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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