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Bittacomorpha

Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae

Taxonomy
Bittacomorpha was named by Fabricius. It is extant. It is the type genus of Bittacomorphinae.

It was assigned to Tipulidae by Aldrich (1905); and to Bittacomorphinae by Ansorge and Schröder (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Bittacomorpha Aldrich p. 95
1999Bittacomorpha Ansorge and Schröder p. 305

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderPtychopteromorpha
familyPtychopteridaeOsten-Sacken 1862
subfamilyBittacomorphinae
genusBittacomorphaFabricius

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Bittacomorpha Fabricius
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004
Collections
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