Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Parent taxon: Raptipedia according to K. Kopeć et al. 2018
See also Ansorge 1996, Carpenter 1992, Petrulevičius and Jarzembowski 2004, Willmann 1978 and Willmann 1987
Sister taxon: Cimbrophlebiidae
Subtaxa: Antiquanabittacus Archebittacus Baissobittacus Bittacinae Bittacus Burmobittacus Composibittacus Cretobittacus Decoribittacus Eremobittacus Exilibittacus Formosibittacus Hylobittacus Jurahylobittacus Karattacus Liaobittacus Megabittacus Mongolobittacus Neorthophlebiinae Orthobittacus Paekthobittacus Palaeobittacus Plesiobittacinae Preanabittacus Probittacus Prohylobittacus Scharabittacus Sibirobittacus Thyridates Tytthobittacus
Type: Bittacus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Eocene of Germany (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Colorado, Utah)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of China (2), Myanmar (2), North Korea (1), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (2)
• Jurassic of China (10), Germany (11), Kazakhstan (7), Kyrgyzstan (4), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (2)
• Triassic of Australia (2), China (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 67 collections including 122 occurrences