Diagnose of the nominal subgenus of Edessa and description of the E. sexdens group (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae, Edessinae) Author Mendonça, Maria Thayane Da Silva Author Silva, Valéria Juliete Da 0000-0002-1845-5228 valeriajuliete@hotmail.com Author Fernandes, José Antônio Marin text Zootaxa 2023 2023-02-14 5240 1 1 63 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5240.1.1 journal article 256481 10.11646/zootaxa.5240.1.1 4d650293-3f9a-4bbe-9530-204a3b09ef8b 1175-5326 7639547 2FE467C1-EAC2-4E90-B673-CCE2CCA93C1D Edessa (E.) lewisi Fernandes & Silva, 2015 ( Figs. 13 , 27 C,D , 32 A,B ) Edessa lewisi Fernandes et al ., 2015: 515 . Holotype and paratypes : see Fernandes et al. (2015) . Complementary description. The humeral angle brown spot expanding into the pronotum in dorsal and ventral views ( Fig. 27 C,D ). Ventral surface. Dark stripe of the propleuron covering 2/3 of the width of the sclerite ( Fig. 27 D ). Abdomen with spine of third segment acuminated ( Fig. 13 G ). Intersegmental brown areas wide, not reaching lateral margin ( Fig. 27 D ). Median longitudinal brown band complete, suffused ( Fig. 27 D ). Male genitalia, dorsal side of the pygophore with a suffused brown area occupying 1/3 of the surface ( Fig. 13 A,B ). Comments. The original description and comments were presented in Fernandes et al . (2015) . Here we present photographs of the holotype in dorsal and ventral views. Also, a plate with photographs of the male and female external genitalia, because the original description presents only hand-drawn drawings. See comments of E. (E.) bella . Distribution ( Fig. 32 A,B ): See Fernandes et al. (2015) .