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
Type: Lygaeus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (1 collection), Croatia (2), the Czech Republic (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