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Issue: Vol. 3019 No. 1: 9 Sep. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-09-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3019.1.4
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 53
PDF downloaded: 4

A new group of species of Edessa Fabricius, 1803 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Augusto Correa #1 66075–110, Belém, Pará, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Augusto Correa #1 66075–110, Belém, Pará, Brazil
Hemiptera Edessinae metallica group Neotropical region new species taxonomy

Abstract

Three new species of Edessa (E. metallica sp. nov., E. preclara sp. nov., E. splendens sp. nov.) are described which form a distinct species group. The metallica group is characterized by a metallic blue or green dorsal color. Edessa preclara sp. nov. and E. splendens sp. nov. have an Andean distribution, having been collected above 1000 meters in Ecuador and Colombia respectively. Edessa metallica sp. nov. has been collected in Panama. Illustrations of the metasternal process and male and female external genitalia, photographs of the habitus, and descriptions are provided.

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