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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Genus: Edessa
Species:
E. bifida
Binomial name
Edessa bifida
(Say, 1832)

References

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  1. ^ "Edessa bifida Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Edessa bifida". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ 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.