†Composibittacus bipunctatus Liu et al. 2016 (hangingfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Full reference: S. L. Liu, C. K. Shih, A. Bashkuev and D. Ren. 2016. New Jurassic hangingflies (Insecta: Mecoptera: Bittacidae) from Inner Mongolia, China. Zootaxa 4067:65-78
Belongs to Composibittacus according to S. L. Liu et al. 2016
Sister taxon: Composibittacus reticulatus
Type specimen: CNU-MEC-NN2014081, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2014 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2014 collection)
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