Cydnidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pentatomoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Heteroptera Infraordo: Pentatomomorpha Superfamilia: Pentatomoidea

Familia: Cydnidae
Subfamiliae (6): Amaurocorinae - Amnestinae - Cephalocteinae - Cydninae - Garsauriinae - Sehirinae

Overview of genera (99)

Adomerus – Adrisa – Aethoscytus – Aethus – Afroropus – Afroscytus – Alonips – Amaurocoris – Amnestus – Angra – Atarsocoris – Blaena – Blaenocoris – Byrsinocoris – Byrsinus – Canthophorus – Centrostephus – Cephalocteus – Chilocoris – Choerocydnus – Coleocydnus – Croscistethus – Cydnochoerus – Cydnotomus – Cydnus – Cyrtomenus – Dallasiellus – Dearcla – Ectinopus – Endotylus – Eulonips – Exosehirus – Fromundiellus – Fromundus – Gampsotes – Garsauria – Garsauriella – Geocnethus – Geopeltus – Geotomus – Heissocteus – Hemixesta – Hiverus – Katakadia – Lactistes – Lalervis – Lattinestus – Legnotus – Linospa – Macroporus – Macroscytus – Megacydnus – Melanaethus – Mesocricus – Microporus – Microscytus – Nishadana – Nishocoris – Ochetostethomorpha – Ochetostethus – Onalips – Pangaeus – Parachilocoris – Paraethus – Paranishadana – Peltoscytus – Peltoxys – Peribyssus – Plonisa – Prokne – Prolactistes – Prolobodes – Pseudonalips – Pseudoscoparipes – Pseudostibaropus – Pullneya – Raunoloma – Rhytidoporus – Scaptocoris – Schiodtella – Scoparipes – Scoparipoides – Sehirus – Shansia – Shillukea – Singeria – Stibaropus – Tacolus – Teabooma – Tominotus – Tritomegas – †Cilicydnus – †Clavicoris – †Latiscutella – †Meropachys – †Orienicydnus – †Paleofroeschnerius – †Pricecoris – †Pullneyocoris – †Punctacorona –

Name

Cydnidae Billberg, 1820
- Type genus: Cydnus Fabricius, 1803

References

Primary references

Billberg, G.J. 1820. Enumeratio insectorum in museo Gust. Joh. Billberg. Stockholm, 138 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Dolling, W.R. 1981. A rationalized classification of the Burrower Bugs (Cydnidae). Systematic Entomology 6(1): 61–76. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1981.tb00016.x . Reference page.
Froeschner, R.C. 1960. Cydnidae of the Western Hemisphere. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 111(3430): 337–680. BHL Reference page.
Ghahari, H., Chérot, F., Linnavuori, R.E. & Ostovan, H. 2009. Annotated catalogue of Iranian burrower bugs (Heteroptera, Pentatomoidea, Cydnidae). ZooKeys 26: 1–31. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.26.214 ResearchGate. Reference page.
Heiss, E., Eckelt, A., Lederwasch, M. & Unterasinger, R. 2024. The Heteroptera Collection Ernst Heiss at the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum. Part XIII: Pentatomomorpha VI: Families Cydnidae, Thyreocoridae, Plataspidae. Entomologica Austriaca 31: 37–76. PDF Reference page.
Kłys, G. & Lis, J.A. 2013. First cave records for Palearctic burrower bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae) from Tajikistan, with a checklist of the World Cydnidae associated with caves. Zootaxa 3686(4): 493–496. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.4.7 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.4.7 Reference page.
Magnanelli, M.A. & Coscarón, M.C. 2011. Burrower bugs described after the Cydnidae of the Western–Hemisphere catalogue 1960 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae). Zootaxa 2766: 57–63. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2766.1.3 Reference page.
Lis, J.A. 1997. Studies on the Cydnidae of the Australian region XI. A review of species from New Caledonia, with descriptions of Chilocoris neocaledonicus n. sp. and Macroscytus matilei n. sp. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Genus 8(3-4): 591–602. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Lis, J.A. 1999. Burrower bugs of the Old World - a catalogue (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae). Genus 10(2): 165–249. ResearchGate Reference page.
Lis, J.A. 1999. Geopeltus neocaledonicus n. sp. from New Caledonia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae). Genus 10(1): 29–31. ResearchGate Reference page.
Lis, J.A. 2002. Burrower bugs described after the Old World catalogue of the family (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 71: 7–17. ResearchGate Reference page.
Lis, J.A. 2025. New records for the Australian burrower bug species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae). Heteroptera Poloniae - Acta Faunistica 19: 57–62. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17012738 ResearchGate Reference page.
Lis, J.A. & Domagała, P.J. 2024. Inconsistencies in the Classification of the Family Cydnidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea) Revealed by Molecular Apomorphies in the Secondary and Tertiary Structures of 18S rRNA Length-Variable Region L (LVR L). International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25(2): 939. DOI: 10.3390/ijms25020939 Reference page.
Lis, J.A., Domagała, P.J. & Lis, B. 2024. New Molecular Phylogenetic Evidence Confirms Independent Origin of Coxal Combs in the Families of the ‘Cydnoid’ Complex (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea). Insects 15(10): 792. DOI: 10.3390/insects15100792 Reference page.
Lis, J.A. & Heyna, J. 2001. Metathoracic wings venation in Cydnidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) and its bearing on the classification of the family. Annales zoologici 51(4): 429–465. abstract only seen
Lis, J.A. & Hohol-Kilinkiewicz, A. 2001. Abdominal trichobothrial pattern and its taxonomic and phylogenetic significance in Cydnidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). II. Amnestinae and Garsauriinae. Annales zoologici 51(4): 467–471. abstract only seen
Lis, J.A. & Schaefer, C.W. 2005. Tibial combs in the Cydnidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) and their functional, taxonomic and phylogenetic significance. Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research 43(4): 277–283. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2005.00328.x
Lis, J.A. & Lis, B. 2010. Teabooma secunda (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae)—a new species of a New Caledonian endemic genus, with a redescription of T. princeps Distant. Zootaxa 2543: 64–68. Preview
Lis, J.A. & Zack, R.S. 2010. A review of burrower bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae sensu lato) of Guam. Zootaxa 2523: 57–64. Preview
Lis, J.A. & Ziaja, D.J. 2010. Pretarsal structures in the family Cydnidae sensu lato (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea). Zootaxa 2545: 23–32. Preview
Lis, J.A., Lis, B.J. & Ziaja, D.J. 2016. In BOLD we trust? A commentary on the reliability of specimen identification for DNA barcoding: a case study on burrower bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae). Zootaxa 4114(1): 83–86. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.1.6. Reference page.
Pluot-Sigwalt, D. & Lis, J.A. 2008. Morphology of the spermatheca in the Cydnidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): bearing of its diversity on classification and phylogeny. European Journal of Entomology 105(2): 279–312. abstract and pdf
Popov, Yu.A. & Pinto, I.D. 2000. On some Mesozoic burrower bugs (Heteroptera: Cydnidae). Paleontological Journal 34(suppl. 3): 298–302. [not seen]
Wang, Y-J., Du, S., Yao, Y-Z. & Ren, D. 2019. A new genus and species of burrower bugs (Heteroptera: Cydnidae) from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4585(2): 351–358. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.9 Reference page.

Links

Cydnidae – Taxon details on Catalogue of Life (CoL). [very incomplete!]
Cydnidae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL). [very incomplete!]

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Erdwanzen
English: burrower bugs
suomi: Piiloluteet