Pygoda Explained

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pygoda Amyot & Serville, 1843 . 2023-02-26 . www.gbif.org . en.
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 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4461.2.3 . 30314083 . 1175-5334.