Pygoda polita

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Pygoda polita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Genus: Pygoda
Species:
P. polita
Binomial name
Pygoda polita
(Lepeletier & Serville, 1825)
Synonyms

Pentatoma polita Lepeletier & Serville, 1825
Edessa polita (Dallas, 1851)

Pygoda polita is a species of stink bug in the family Pentatomidae found in South America.[1] It was first described as Pentatoma polita by Lepeletier and Serville in 1825, included under genus Edessa in 1851, and subsequently renamed under genus Pygoda in 2018.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Pygoda polita". 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.