†Mesobittacus marginelaesus Bode 1953 (hangingfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Alternative combination: Auxobittacus marginelaesus
Full reference: A. Bode. 1953. Die Insektenfauna des Ostniedersachsischen Oberen Lias. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 103:1-375
Belongs to Mesobittacus according to M. E. Clapham 2023
See also Bode 1953 and Willmann 1978
Sister taxa: Mesobittacus clavaeformis, Mesobittacus kubekovensis, Mesobittacus minutus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Beienrode, Fletchtorf (Jurassic of Germany)
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