Rotundedessa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pentatomoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Heteroptera Infraordo: Pentatomomorpha Superfamilia: Pentatomoidea

Familia: Pentatomidae
Subfamilia: Edessinae
Genus: Rotundedessa
Species (7): R. angusticlada – R. eucnema – R. exigusternata – R. luteola – R. olivacea – R. rugulata – R. viridula

Name

Rotundedessa Martínez, Fernandes & Campos, 2026

• Type species: Edessa viridula Nascimento, Mendonça & Fernandes, 2017
  • Fixation: By orignal designation
• Etymology: The name refers to edessines of a round-shaped body. Latin: rotundus, round. Noun in apposition, feminine.

References

Primary references

• Martínez, M.C., Gallardo, F.B., Fernandes, J.A.M. & Campos, L.A. 2026. Rotundedessa gen. n., a New Edessinae Genus with the Description of Two New Species from Argentina (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Neotropical Entomology 55: 74. DOI: 10.1007/s13744-026-01417-3 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Nascimento, D.A. Do, Mendonça, M.T.Da S. & Fernandes, J.A.M. 2017. Description of a new group of species of Edessa (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Edessinae). Zootaxa 4254(1): 136–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.1.10 ResearchGate Reference page. 

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