title: Paraedessa, a new genus of Edessinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae).
abstract: The new genus Paraedessa is proposed, to include four species previously placed in Edessa. The new genus is characterized by males with the pygophore showing a lateral expansion of proctiger, and females with gonocoxites 8 reduced; gonapophyses 8 exposed and sclerotized. The species are very similar and their identification is possible only by comparing genitalia. New combinations proposed are Paraedessa stolida (Linnaeus) from Suriname and Brazil; P. heymonsi (Breddin) from Peru and Bolivia; P verhoeffi (Breddin) from Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and Brazil and P paravinula (Barber) from Puerto Rico. New species proposed are P. albomaculata from Suriname; P. cyanodorsata from Costa Rica, Panama and Venezuela; P. ecuadoriensis from Colombia and Ecuador; P. silvicola from French Guiana; P. subretangulata from Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia and Venezuela. The species were illustrated and photographed. Descriptions were made using mostly male and female genitalia external morphological characters. A key and distribution map for the species are also provided.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Augusto Correa #1 66075-110, Belém, Parci, Brazil. valerjajuliete@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Valeria Juliete
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Benedito Mendes
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.forename: José Antônio Marin
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fernandes
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D002489:Central America; D005260:Female; D020062:Heteroptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male; D011647:Puerto Rico; D013020:South America; D013045:Species Specificity