Paraedessa, a new genus of Edessinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) Author Nunes, Valéria Juliete Da Silva Benedito Mendes Author Fernandes, José Antônio Marin text Zootaxa 2013 3716 3 395 416 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.3.4 a997e15d-6b78-4fcd-b241-95216cd7d3ca 1175-5326 222975 798449F3-C14D-4D9D-B2E1-505EE2BC6115 Paraedessa albomaculata Silva & Fernandes sp. nov. (Figures: 11–15, 51, 59) Etymology. Named after the white spots at the abdomen’s dorsal surface. Material examined. Holotype male. SURINAME . Paramaribo : 12-1-1958 , P. H. v. Doesburg Jr. (RMNH). Paratypes . SURINAME . Paramaribo: ♀ Paramaribo, 5-10-1957 , P. H. v. Doesburg Jr. (UFRG); ♀ 2-11-1958 (RMNH); ♀ ♂ 1963 (RMNH); ♂ no data (UFRG). Measurements. Total length: 10.7–11.7; head length: 1.3–1.6; head width: 0.9–1.4; pronotal length: 2.0–2.6; pronotal width: 5.7–6.8; abdominal width: 5.5–6.3; length of antennal segments (I: 0.5–0.9; II: 0.9–1.2; III: 1.0– 1.4; IV: 2.3–2.4; V: 2.9). Male: Dorsal rim of pygophore concave and slightly furrowed; posterolateral angle not developed ( Figs. 11– 13 ). Genital cup processes triangular, long, concave and located lateral to proctiger; apex surpassing the posterior limits of the pygophore ( Figs. 11–13 ). Parameres flat, narrow; distal margin sloping; anterior expansion digitiform and long, single distal expansion truncate and lateroposteriorly directed ( Figs. 11-14 ); apex not surpassing posterior limits of pygophore in dorsal view ( Fig. 11–12 ). Dorsal face of proctiger as long as wide, entire, without a distal shallow concavity. Lateral face of proctiger with slight constriction ( Fig. 11 ). Lateral expansion of proctiger cordiform, narrow, twice as wide as anal opening, posteriorly curved, projected dorsally beyond above the dorsal face ( Figs. 11–13 ). Ventral rim with lobes not reaching level of posterolateral angle ( Fig. 13 ). Female: Gonocoxites 8 narrow, with sinuous distal margin, medially separated; posterolateral angle projected and dentiform, reaching or surpassing posterior margin of gonapophyses 8 ( Fig. 15 ); gonocoxites 8 overlapping gonapophyses 8 for most of its length. Comments. Paraedessa albomaculata sp. nov. is recognized by the cordiform shape of the lateral expansion of proctiger; genital cup processes triangular and long; the shape of gonocoxites 8. This species and P. stolida have very similar gonocoxites 8, but in P. albomaculata they are wider and the angle is rounded instead of acute ( P. stolida ), and reaches or surpasses the distal margin of gonapophyses 8. This species and P. silvicola sp. nov. , share the distal margin of parameres sloping and distal part of the paramere truncate and curved. Distribution ( Fig. 59 ): SURINAME : Paramaribo.