†Parabittacus analis Handlirsch 1939 (hangingfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae
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 Parabittacus according to J. Ansorge 1993
See also Handlirsch 1939 and Willmann 1978
Sister taxon: Parabittacus lingula
Type specimen: SGWG 123/69, a forewing. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection)
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