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Bittacinae

Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae

Taxonomy
Bittacinae was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was assigned to Bittacidae by Ansorge (1996), Novokshonov (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Bittacinae Handlirsch
1996Bittacinae Ansorge p. 73
1997Bittacinae Novokshonov

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderRaptipedia
familyBittacidaeHandlirsch 1906
subfamilyBittacinaeHandlirsch 1906
subfamilyBittacinaeHandlirsch 1906

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.

Subfm. †Bittacinae Handlirsch 1906
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G. †Asiobittacus Novokshonov 1993
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†Asiobittacus sajsagulis Novokshonov 1993
G. †Mesobittacus Handlirsch 1939
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Invalid names: Auxobittacus praeacutus Bode 1953 [synonym]
†Mesobittacus kubekovensis Novokshonov 1993
†Mesobittacus minutus Handlirsch 1939
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Invalid names: Protobittacus pediculatus Bode 1953 [synonym]
Invalid names: Auxobittacus Bode 1953 [synonym], Microbittacus Novokshonov 1993 [synonym]
G. Orobittacus Villegas and Byers 1981
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†Orobittacus antiquus Novokshonov 1993
†Orobittacus minutus Novokshonov 1993
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Tithonian or 184.20000 to 143.10000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 182.9 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Mesobittacus minutus (114993)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany (Niedersachsen) Auxobittacus marginelaesus (107322) Auxobittacus praeacutus (107343) Protobittacus clavaeformis (107323) Protobittacus pediculatus, Auxobittacus praeacutus (105002)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany Mesobittacus minutus (123987)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Kyrgyzstan (Batken) Asiobittacus sajsagulis (105003)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Microbittacus kubekovensis (118010)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Orobittacus antiquus (105970 105971)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Mongolia Orobittacus minutus (104748)