Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Alternative combinations: Bittacus antiquus, Electrobittacus antiquus
Full reference: F. J. Pictet and H. Hagen. 1856. Die im Bernstein befindlichen Neuropteren der Vorwelt. Die in Bernstein Befindlichen Organischen Reste der Vorwelt Gesammelt in Verbindung mit Mehreren Bearbeitetet und Herausgegeben 2(2):41-126
Belongs to Hylobittacus according to W. Krzemiński 2007
See also Carpenter 1931, Pictet and Hagen 1856 and Willmann 1978
Sister taxa: Hylobittacus fossilis, Hylobittacus minimus, Hylobittacus picteti
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (2 collections), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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