Prolygaeus Scudder 1890 (milkweed bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Lygaeidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734

Parent taxon: Lygaeidae according to S. H. Scudder 1890

Sister taxa: Coptochromus, Coriopachys, Cryptochromus, Cyminae, Exitelus, Leipolygaeus, Lithochromus, Lygaeinae, Lygaeites, Lygaenocorinae, Macrocranum, Necrochromus, Nysius stratus, Nysius terrae, Nysius tritus, Nysius vecula, Nysius vinctus, Oligacanchus, Orsillinae, Procrophius

Subtaxa: Prolygaeus inundatus

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Type: Prolygaeus inundatus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection) (Eocene of Colorado)

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