title: New species of Edessa Fabricius, 1803 (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) from Costa Rica.
abstract: The edessines from Costa Rica are little known; only 18 species have been registered or described from this country so far. Mainly based in a large sample from Instituto Nacional de Biodiverdidad (INBio), Costa Rica, we decided to update the information concerning Edessinae from Costa Rica. We present a list of species from Costa Rica raising the number of known species from Costa Rica to 65. We are also describing nine new species: Edessa bella Fernandes & Silva, E. bruneolineata Fernandes & Correia, E. curvata Fernandes & Nunes, E. lewisi Fernandes & Silva, E. nigroangulata Fernandes & Silva, E. osae Fernandes & Nunes, E. oxcarti Fernandes & Correia, E. pallidoangulata Fernandes & Nunes and E. puravida Fernandes & Correia. Species were described, illustrated and photographed. Distribution maps for the species are also provided.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Augusto Correa #1 66075-110, Belém, Pará, Brazil. CNPq Fellowship; Email: joseamf@ufpa.br.
authors.forename: Jose Antonio Marin
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Augusto Correa #1 66075-110, Belém, Pará, Brazil. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia UFPA/MPEG Capes Fellowship; Email: valeriajuliete@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Valeria Juliete Da
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Augusto Correa #1 66075-110, Belém, Pará, Brazil. CNPq Fellowship; Email: andre.correia@icb.ufpa.br.
authors.forename: Andre Oliveira
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Correia
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Augusto Correa #1 66075-110, Belém, Pará, Brazil. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia UFPA/MPEG CNPq Fellowship; Email: beneditomn@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Benedito Mendes
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Nunes
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D003364:Costa Rica; D005260:Female; D020062:Heteroptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size