Brachypelta retrita Förster 1891 (burrowing bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Cydnidae

Full reference: B. Förster. 1891. Die Insekten der "Plattigen Steinmergels" von Brunstatt. Abhandlungen zur Geologischen Specialkarte von Elsass-Lothringen, Band 3 1:335-593

Belongs to Brachypelta according to B. Förster 1891

Sister taxa: 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, Brachypelta rotundata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Brunstatt, horizon d2, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine - large marl in France

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Brunstatt, horizon d2

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