Machado, Renato Jose Pires;Godoi, Fabio Siqueira P.;Rafael, José Albertino
Bittacus
Sign in to saveBittacus is a genus of hangingflies in the order Mecoptera. Members of the genus have a cosmopolitan distribution. The genus has existed since at least the earliest Late Cretaceous. Bittacus is considered "grossly paraphyletic" and serves as a catch-all for many distantly related species of hangingflies.
Species
Thin Hangingfly
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderMecoptera
- FamilyBittacidae
Observations869
Observations recorded4,847
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 78
- Family
- Bittacidae
- Collections
- USNM, OMNH, TTU, UNM
- Recorded in
- Japan, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hangingfly
- Image
- Bittacus strigosus -- Hangingfly.JPG
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- taxon name
- Bittacus
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Bittacus
- topic's main category
- Category:Bittacus
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