Insecta - Hemiptera - Cydnidae
Synonym: Brachypelta Amyot and Audinet-Serville 1843
Full reference: J. C. Fabricius. 1803. Systema Rhyngotorum: Secundum Ordines, Genera, Species: Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus 1-314
Parent taxon: Cydnini according to J. A. Lis 2006
See also Fabricius 1803, Förster 1891, Froeschner 1960, Lis 1999, Scudder 1878 and Statz and Wagner 1950
Sister taxon: Eocenocydnus
Subtaxa: Brachypelta retrita Brachypelta rotundata Cydnus acriscutatus Cydnus archaicus Cydnus armiger Cydnus atavinus Cydnus brevicollis Cydnus brevicrassus Cydnus cinctus Cydnus cristatus Cydnus dignus Cydnus heeri Cydnus maximus Cydnus meunieri Cydnus oeningensis Cydnus parvus Cydnus picatus Cydnus pygmaeus Cydnus sagittifer Cydnus solutus Cydnus tertiarius
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Croatia (3 collections), the Czech Republic (2), Germany (4)
• Oligocene of France (13), Germany (2)
Total: 24 collections including 54 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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