Subfamily Lygaeinae Schilling 1829 (milkweed bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Lygaeidae

Synonym: Astacopinae Kirkaldy 1899

Parent taxon: Lygaeidae according to Y. A. Popov 2019

See also Péricart 2001 and Statz and Wagner 1950

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

Subtaxa: Gurnardobayini Lygaeosoma Lygaeus

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Type: Lygaeus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of China (1 collection), Croatia (2), Czechia (1), Germany (2)

• Oligocene of France (2), Germany (2)

• Eocene of France (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Colorado)

Total: 15 collections including 19 occurrences

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