†Bittacus succinus Carpenter 1954 (hangingfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1954. The Baltic Amber Mecoptera. Psyche 31-40
Belongs to Bittacus according to W. Krzemiński 2007
See also Carpenter 1954 and Willmann 1978
Sister taxa: Bittacus biamensis, Bittacus egestionis, Bittacus lepiduscretaceus, Bittacus veternus
Type specimen: MCZ 5204, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (MCZ collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (MCZ collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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