Edessa guyanensis Fernandes & Doesburg, 2000

Drechsel, Ulf, 2014, Edessa guyanensis Fernandes & Doesburg, 2000, new record from Paraguay (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), Paraguay Biodiversidad 1, No. 3, pp. 11-13 : 12

Edessa guyanensis Fernandes & Doesburg, 2000

ALTO PARANA: Refugio Biológico Limoy , 24̊ 45’ S 54̊ 27’ W, 6. XI. 2006; Estancia Dimas , 25̊ 32’ S 55̊ 13’ W, 7. VII. 2013.

E. guyanensis was first described in 2000, based on material from Suriname, French Guyana and Brazil ( Fernandes & Doesburg, 2000). Other finds have been reported from Peru ( Arnold, 2011). Additional occurrence can now be reported from two small remaining remnants of the former subtropical Atlantic forest in the eastern part of Paraguay. Photographs of the species were already published in www.pybio.org.