†Hylobittacus minimus Carpenter 1954 (hangingfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Alternative combination: Bittacus minimus
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1954. The Baltic Amber Mecoptera. Psyche 31-40
Belongs to Hylobittacus according to W. Krzemiński 2007
See also Carpenter 1954 and Willmann 1978
Sister taxa: Hylobittacus antiquus, Hylobittacus fossilis, Hylobittacus picteti
Type specimen: MCZ 5113, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (MCZ collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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