Candace is a genus of African shield bugs in the family Tessaratomidae and tribe Tessaratomini, erected by Carl Stål in 1870. "Candace" is notable because species have only been found in Sub-Saharan Africa, whereas most other genera in the Tessaratomini are recorded from the Indomalayan realm. Species. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists: Note: "Candace" is a synonym for the genus of copepods: "Candacia".