Insecta - Hemiptera - Cydnidae

Synonyms: Cydnus obsoletus Förster 1891, Cydnus scutatus Förster 1891

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 Cydnus according to N. Theobald 1937

Sister taxa: Cydnus acriscutatus, Cydnus archaicus, Cydnus atavinus, Cydnus brevicollis, Cydnus brevicrassus, Cydnus cinctus, Cydnus cristatus, Cydnus dignus, Cydnus haidingeri, Cydnus heeri, Cydnus maximus, Cydnus meunieri, Cydnus oeningensis, Cydnus parvus, Cydnus pygmaeus, Cydnus sagittifer, Cydnus solutus, Cydnus tertiarius

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Average measurements (in mm): body 5.13 x 2.21, hemelytron length 1.50