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).