Cydnopsis pygmaea Heer 1853 (burrowing bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Cydnidae

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

Belongs to Cydnopsis according to L. Piton and N. Théobald 1935

See also Heer 1853 and Meunier 1915

Sister taxa: Cydnopsis coleopteroides, Cydnopsis dangeardi, Cydnopsis deleta, Cydnopsis exilis, Cydnopsis haidingeri, Cydnopsis handlirschi, Cydnopsis meunieri, Cydnopsis nana, Cydnopsis scutellaris

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (1 collection)

• Miocene of Germany (1)

• Oligocene of France (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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