†Burmobittacus jarzembowskii Zhao et al. 2016 (hangingfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Full reference: X. D. Zhao, A. Bashkuev, L. Chen and B. Wang. 2016. The first hangingfly from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Mecoptera: Bittacidae). Cretaceous Research 70:147-151
Belongs to Burmobittacus according to X. D. Zhao et al. 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP 164041, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)
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