Insecta - Hemiptera - Cydnidae

Alternative combination: Cydnopsis atavina

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

Belongs to Cydnus according to B. Förster 1891

Sister taxa: Cydnus acriscutatus, Cydnus archaicus, Cydnus armiger, 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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (Lavater'schen collection), which is in a Sarmatian lacustrine - large limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany

Ecology:

Average measurements (in mm): body 8.00 x 5.00