Insecta - Hemiptera - Cydnidae
Full reference: R. K. Kinzelbach. 1970. Wanzen aus dem eozänen Ölschiefer von Messel (Insecta: Heteroptera). Notizblatt des Hessischen Landesamtes für Bodenfoschung zu Wiesbaden 98:9-18
Belongs to Cydnopsis according to R. K. Kinzelbach 1970
Sister taxa: Cydnopsis coleopteroides, Cydnopsis dangeardi, Cydnopsis deleta, Cydnopsis exilis, Cydnopsis haidingeri, Cydnopsis handlirschi, Cydnopsis meunieri, Cydnopsis pygmaea, Cydnopsis scutellaris
Type specimen: HLD Me 874, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Museum Darmstadt Collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Grube Messel Pit (Museum Darmstadt Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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