Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Alternative combination: Neorthophlebia minuta
Synonym: Protobittacus pediculatus Bode 1953
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1939. Neue Untersuchungen über die fossilen Insekten mit Ergänzungen und Nachträgen sowie Ausblicken auf phylogenetische, palaeogeographische und allgemein biologische Probleme. II Teil. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 49:1-240
Belongs to Mesobittacus according to J. Ansorge 1996
See also Bode 1953, Handlirsch 1939 and Willmann 1978
Sister taxa: Mesobittacus clavaeformis, Mesobittacus kubekovensis, Mesobittacus marginelaesus
Type specimens:
- Mesobittacus minutus: GPI EMAU 123/66, a wing (fragment). Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Protobittacus pediculatus:
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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