†Exilibittacus foliaceus Liu et al. 2014 (hangingfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Full reference: S. L. Liu, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2014. Four new species of hangingflies (Insecta, Mecoptera, Bittacidae) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China. ZooKeys 466:77-94
Belongs to Exilibittacus according to S. L. Liu et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Exilibittacus lii, Exilibittacus plagioneurus
Type specimen: CNU-MEC-NN2013010, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2013 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2013 collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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