Candace is a genus of African shield bugs in the family Tessaratomidae and tribe Tessaratomini, erected by Carl Stål in 1870.

[1] Candace is notable because species have only been found in Sub-Saharan Africa,[2] whereas most other genera in the Tessaratomini are recorded from the Indomalayan realm.

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[2] lists: Note: Candace Dana, 1846 is a synonym for the genus of copepods: Candacia.