Edessa bifida is a species of stink bug in the family Pentatomidae. It is found in the Caribbean, Central America, North America, and South America.[1][2][3] Some have proposed elevating the preexisting subgenus Ascra to genus status, thereby reclassifying E. bifida as Ascra bifida.[4]
Edessa bifida | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Pentatomidae |
Genus: | Edessa |
Species: | E. bifida
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Binomial name | |
Edessa bifida (Say, 1832)
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References
edit- ^ "Edessa bifida Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Edessa bifida". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Ascra bifida species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ Dos Santos, Bianca Tamires Silva; Da Silva, Valeria Juliete; Fernandes, Jose Antonio Marin (2015-10-30). "Revision of Ascra with proposition of the bifida species group and description of two new species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Edessinae)". Zootaxa. 4034 (3): 445–470. PMID 26624452 – via Biotaxa.