Antiquanabittacus dispar Bashkuev 2023 (hangingfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae

Full reference: A. S. Bashkuev. 2023. Morphology and relationships of the bittacid genus Antiquanabittacus Petrulevičius et Jarzembowski, 2004 (Mecoptera), with description of three new species from the Lower Cretaceous of south-east Siberia. Cretaceous Research 148(105549)

Belongs to Antiquanabittacus according to A. S. Bashkuev 2023

Sister taxa: Antiquanabittacus nanus, Antiquanabittacus punctatus, Antiquanabittacus robustus, Antiquanabittacus saltator

Type specimen: PIN 5340/1449, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Khasurty (PIN collection 5340), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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