Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae

Full reference: J. F. Petrulevičius and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2004. The first hangingfly (Insecta: Mecoptera: Bittacidae) the Cretaceous of Europe. Journal of Paleontology 78(6):1198-1201

Belongs to Antiquanabittacus according to K. Kopeć et al. 2016

See also Petrulevičius and Jarzembowski 2004

Sister taxa: Antiquanabittacus dispar, Antiquanabittacus robustus, Antiquanabittacus saltator

Type specimen: BMB 024667/-8, a hindwing (almost complete). Its type locality is Clockhouse Brickworks (BMB collection), which is in a Hauterivian lagoonal sandstone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Clockhouse Brickworks (BMB collection)

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