Subfamily Bittacomorphinae Alexander 1919 (phantom crane fly)
Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae
Full reference: C. P. Alexander. 1919. The crane-flies of New York. Part I. Distribution and taxonomy of the adult flies. Memoir - Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station 25:767-961
Parent taxon: Ptychopteridae according to E. D. Lukashevich et al. 2001
See also Ansorge and Schröder 1999 and Lukashevich 1999
Sister taxa: Eoptychopterinae, Etoptychopterinae, Ptychopterinae, Proptychopterininae, Etoptychoptera, Bolboia
Subtaxa: Bittacomorpha Bittacomorphella Probittacomorpha Zhiganka
Type: Bittacomorpha
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Turolian of France (1 collection)
• Eocene of Denmark (4)
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence