Cydnus cristatus Theobald 1937 (burrowing bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Cydnidae

Full reference: N. Theobald. 1937. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Bulletin Mensuel (Mémoires) de la Société des Sciences de Nancy 1:1-473

Belongs to Cydnus according to N. Theobald 1937

Sister taxa: Cydnus acriscutatus, Cydnus archaicus, Cydnus armiger, Cydnus atavinus, Cydnus brevicollis, Cydnus brevicrassus, Cydnus cinctus, 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

Type specimen: Coll Mieg R 923(1009), an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Kleinkembs, which is in a Rupelian lacustrine - large marl/limestone in the Salt Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Kleinkembs

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