Cydnus brevicollis Heer 1853 (burrowing bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Cydnidae

Alternative combination: Cydnopsis brevicollis

Full reference: O. Heer. 1853. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Dritte Theil: Rhynchoten 1-138

Belongs to Cydnus according to N. Theobald 1937

See also Förster 1891, Heer 1853 and Meunier 1915

Sister taxa: Cydnus acriscutatus, Cydnus archaicus, Cydnus armiger, Cydnus atavinus, 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, Brachypelta retrita, Brachypelta rotundata

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of Croatia (2 collections)

• Oligocene of France (7), Germany (1)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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