J. A. Lis 1998: Amnestus raunoi n. sp. from Iran, the first Old World representative of the New World subfamily Amnestinae (Hemiptera : Heteroptera : Cydnidae). - Entomologica Fennica 9: 5-7.
Amnestus raunoi, a new species from Iran, the representative of the New World subfamily Amnestinae for the first time recorded in the Old World is described, illustrated and compared with its closest relative - A. pusillus Uhler.