Bittacus occidentis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mecoptera |
Family: | Bittacidae |
Genus: | Bittacus |
Species: | B. occidentis |
Binomial name | |
Bittacus occidentis Walker, 1853 | |
Bittacus occidentis is a species of hangingfly in the family Bittacidae. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Bittacidae is a family of scorpionflies commonly called hangingflies or hanging scorpionflies.
Mongolbittacus is an extinct genus of hangingfly in the family Bittacidae and containing a single species Mongolbittacus daohugoensis. The species is known only from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation, part of the Daohugou Beds, near the village of Daohugou in Ningcheng County, northeastern China.
Formosibittacus is an extinct genus of hangingfly in the family Bittacidae and containing a single species Formosibittacus macularis. The species is known only from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation, part of the Daohugou Beds, near the village of Daohugou in Ningcheng County, northeastern China.
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Bittacus carpenteri is a species of hanging fly in the Order Mecoptera. Its native range is the Sichuan Province of China. The specific epithet honors Professor Frank M. Carpenter.
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