Alternative combination: Cryptocephalus antiquus
Full reference: H. Weyenbergh. 1869. Sur les Insectes fossiles du Calcaire Lithographique de la Bavière, qui se trouvent au Musée Teyler. Archives de Musée Teyler 2:1-48
Belongs to Coleopteron according to A. Handlirsch 1906
Sister taxa: Coleopteron aquaticus, Coleopteron beyrichi, Coleopteron bractoides, Coleopteron dubia, Coleopteron lentissimus, Coleopteron rugosostriatus, Coleopteron semicrematus, Coleopteron sibiricus, Coleopteron striatus, Coleopteron studeri, Coleopteron vetustus, Coleopteron wittsi, Coleopteron zekelii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Solnhofen (Teyler Museum Collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany