†Megabittacus colosseus Ren 1997 (hangingfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Full reference: D. Ren. 1997. Studies on Late Jurassic scorpion-flies from northeast China (Mecoptera: Bittacidae, Orthophlebiidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 22:75-85
Belongs to Megabittacus according to K. Kopeć et al. 2016
See also Ren 1997
Sister taxa: Megabittacus beipiaoensis, Megabittacus spatiosus
Type specimen: GMCB LB95050, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Near Chaomidian Village (GMC Beijing coll), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Near Chaomidian Village (GMC Beijing coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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