Cydnus aterrimus (Forster)

Lis, Jerzy A., Lis, Barbara & Compton, Stephen G., 2016, Chilocoris capensis n. sp., the first species of the genus Chilocoris Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae) recorded in the Republic of South Africa with an annotated checklist of South African burrower bugs, Zootaxa 4147 (5), pp. 564-574 : 568

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4147.5.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D19367AE-D774-4F7C-B201-A86A5152D6F5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6066881
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F4D616-F761-FFAB-FF22-06ECFB4A9CF7
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Cydnus aterrimus (Forster)
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Cimex aterrimus Forster, 1771: 71 .

Type data. Syntypes of Cimex aterrimus Forster : Hispania [= Spain], ad fretum Gaditanum [= Golfo de Cádiz] (not located).

Distribution. A Palaearctic species introduced to the USA, West Indies and the Republic of South Africa ( Cape of Good Hope), where it has become established. It was described in RSA as Brachypelta elevata by Uhler (1861), but then it was synonymized with C. aterrimus by Lethierry & Severin (1893).