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†subfamily Asteropyginae Delo 1935 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Acastidae

Parent taxon: Acastidae according to M. D. G. Carvalho and J. Moody 2000

Sister taxa: Acastava, Acastavinae, Acaste, Acastella, Acastellina, Acastoides, Acastopyge, Armorigreenops, Baniaspis, Bellacartwrightia, Braunops, Breizhops, Centauropyge, Chimaerastella, Coltraneia, Cryphina, Delocare, Deloops, Echinopyge, Feruminops, Gourdonia, Greenops, Gudralisium, Hallandclarkeops, Harringtonacaste, Hexacosta, Hollardops, Kayserops, Kennacryphaeus, Kloucekia, Llandovacaste, Mimocryphaeus, Morocconites, Neocalmonia, Paracryphaeus, Pelitlina, Phacopidina, Pilletina, Protacanthina, Pseudocryphaeus, Psychopyge, Rheicops, Sanidopyge, Scotiella, Sokhretia, Stummiana, Tolkienia, Treveropyge, Turcopyge, Walliserops

Subtaxa: Alcaldops Asteropyge Bradocryphaeus Destombesina Dunopyge Gandlops Ganetops Heliopyge Jaylopygiella Metacanthina Minicryphaeus Morzadecops Pennarbedops Platykardiapyge Quadratispina Radiopyge Rhenops

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Givetian of Iran (1 collection), Venezuela (2)

• Devonian of Afghanistan (5), Algeria (1), Belgium (12), Czechia (1), France (21), Germany (12), Iran (2), Libya (1), Luxembourg (1), Mauritania (1), Morocco (25), Poland (2), Spain (23), Türkiye (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 113 collections including 146 occurrences

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