Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae

Synonym: Bittacus antiquus Hagen 1856 [replaced name]

Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1954. The Baltic Amber Mecoptera. Psyche 31-40

Belongs to Bittacus according to F. M. Carpenter 1954

Sister taxa: Bittacus egestionis, Bittacus minimus, Bittacus succinus, Bittacus veternus

Type specimens:

• Bittacus fossilis: Its type locality is Baltic amber, W.A. Haren collection, MCZ, which is in a Lutetian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
• Bittacus antiquus:

Ecology: