Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Alternative spelling: Neorthophlebiidae
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1920. Palaeontologie. Handbuch der Entomologie 3:117-208
Parent taxon: Bittacidae according to J. Ansorge 1996
See also Bode 1953, Carpenter 1992, Martynov 1927, Martynov 1937, Riek 1955, Sukatsheva 1985, Tillyard 1933, Willmann 1978, Willmann 1987 and Zhang 1993
Sister taxa: Antiquanabittacus, Archebittacus, Baissobittacus, Bittacinae, Bittacus, Burmobittacus, Composibittacus, Cretobittacus, Decoribittacus, Eremobittacus, Exilibittacus, Formosibittacus, Hylobittacus, Jurahylobittacus, Karattacus, Liaobittacus, Megabittacus, Mongolobittacus, Orthobittacus, Paekthobittacus, Palaeobittacus, Plesiobittacinae, Preanabittacus, Probittacus, Prohylobittacus, Scharabittacus, Sibirobittacus, Thyridates, Tytthobittacus
Subtaxa: Ctenophlebia Haplobittacus Neorthophlebia Neorthophlebopsis Parabittacus Pleobittacus Protobittacus
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (1 collection), Germany (7), Kyrgyzstan (2), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of China (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 15 collections including 31 occurrences