Sibirobittacus atalus Ren 1997 (hangingfly)

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 Sibirobittacus according to K. Kopeć et al. 2016

See also Ren 1997

Sister taxa: Sibirobittacus kazakhstanensis, Sibirobittacus undus

Type specimen: GMCB LB95052, 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)

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