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{{short description|Genus of insects}}
{{Italic title}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Turquoise Shield Bug (Edessa rufomarginata) (6782805881).jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Biology:Edessa rufomarginata|Edessa rufomarginata]]''
| taxon = Edessa
| authority = Fabricius, 1803
| synonyms = 
''Aceratodes'' Amyot & Serville, 1843<br>
''Dorypleura'' Amyot & Serville, 1843<br>
''Hypoxys'' Amyot & Serville, 1843<br>
''Pygoda'' Amyot & Serville, 1843
}}
[[File:Roraima Edessa rufomarginata.JPG| thumb|''Edessa rufomarginata'']]
[[File:Edessa pictiventris.png|thumb|''Edessa pictiventris'']]
[[File:Biologia Centrali-Americana - Edessa abdominalis.jpg|thumb|''Edessa abdominalis'']]

'''''Edessa''''' is a large [[Earth:New World|New World]] genus of stink bugs in the family [[Biology:Pentatomidae|Pentatomidae]], containing over 250 described species.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndsu.edu/ndsu/rider/Pentatomoidea/Genus_Edessinae/Edessa.htm|title=Edessa|publisher=North Dakota State University|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231063057/http://www.ndsu.edu/ndsu/rider/Pentatomoidea/Genus_Edessinae/Edessa.htm|archivedate=2010-12-31}}</ref> Several other genera used to be included until recently, such as ''[[Biology:Pygoda|Pygoda]]'', ''Ascra'', ''Paraedessa'', ''Doesburgedessa'' and others.

==Species==
These species belong to the genus ''Edessa''. Hundreds more species of ''Edessa'' populate the Neotropics. 
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* ''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>
* ''[[Biology:Edessa bifida|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>Stål, 1872</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
* ''[[Biology:Edessa florida|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>Stål, 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>Stål, 1872</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
* ''Edessa pictiventris'' <small>Stål, 1872</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> z</sup></span>
* ''Edessa praecellens'' <small>Stål, 1862</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
* ''Edessa preclara''<span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
* ''Edessa pudibunda'' <small>Stål, 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>
* ''[[Biology:Edessa rufomarginata|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>
* ''[[Biology:Edessa virididorsata|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>
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<small>Data sources: i = ITIS,<ref name=itis/> c = Catalogue of Life,<ref name=catlife/> g = GBIF,<ref name=gbif/> b = Bugguide.net<ref name=bugref/></small> <small>z = Zootaxa</small><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Fernandes|first1=Jose Antonio Marin|last2=Silva|first2=Valeria Juliete Da|last3=Correia|first3=Andre Oliveira|last4=Nunes|first4=Benedito Mendes|date=2015-08-12|title=New species of ''Edessa'' Fabricius, 1803 (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) from Costa Rica|url=http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3999.4.3|journal=Zootaxa|volume=3999|issue=4|pages=511–536|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3999.4.3|pmid=26623592|issn=1175-5334}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=itis>
{{Cite web| title=''Edessa'' Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=108711
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| accessdate=2018-05-01
}}</ref>
<ref name=catlife>
{{Cite web| title=Browse ''Edessa''
| url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/3d647f6089addcba4c2863faa2f5e50a
| website=Catalogue of Life
| accessdate=2018-05-01
}}</ref>
<ref name=gbif>
{{Cite web| title=''Edessa''
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2079241
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2018-05-01
}}</ref>
<ref name=bugref>
{{Cite web| title=''Edessa'' Genus Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/105592
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=2018-05-01
}}</ref>
}}
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[[Category:Pentatomidae]]
[[Category:Pentatomomorpha genera]]

{{Sourceattribution|Edessa (bug)}}