Pygoda

Genus of insects

Pygoda
Pygoda ramosa in Panamá
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Subfamily: Edessinae
Genus: Pygoda
Amyot & Serville, 1843

Pygoda is a New World genus of stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae.[1] It was formerly considered a subgenus of Edessa but was elevated to genus based on morphological traits: species grouped under Pygoda share a distinctive set of features from body, male external genitalia, and male and female internal genitalia that are very different from any other subgenus of Edessa.[2]

Species

The following species belong to the genus Pygoda:

  • Pygoda amianta Fernandes, Nascimento & Nunes, 2018
  • Pygoda civilis (Breddin, 1903)
  • Pygoda expolita (Distant, 1892)
  • Pygoda irrorata (Dallas, 1851)
  • Pygoda poecila Fernandes, Nascimento & Nunes, 2018
  • Pygoda polita (Lepeletier & Serville, 1825)
  • Pygoda ramosa Fernandes, Nascimento & Nunes, 2018
  • Pygoda thoracica (Dallas, 1851)
  • Pygoda variegata Fernandes, Nascimento & Nunes, 2018

References

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  1. ^ "Pygoda Amyot & Serville, 1843". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  2. ^ Fernandes, Jose Antonio Marin; Nascimento, Agata Tyanne Silva; Nunes, Benedito Mendes (2018-08-21). "Revision of Pygoda Amyot & Serville, 1843 stat. rest. (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Edessinae) with description of four new species". Zootaxa. 4461 (2): 205–232. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4461.2.3. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30314083.
Taxon identifiers
Pygoda


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