Four new species of hangingflies (Insecta, Mecoptera, Bittacidae) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China

By

Liu, Sulin
Shih, ChungKun
Ren, Dong, 1963-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

466

Pages

77-94

Subjects

Daohugou , Exilibittacus , Insect fossil , Jiulongshan Formation , Mongolbittacus

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.466.8047

 

Abstract

Two new species of Mongolbittacus Petrulevičius, Huang & Ren, 2007, M. speciosus sp. n. and M. oligophlebius sp. n., and two new species of Exilibittacus Yang, Ren & Shih, 2012, E. foliaceus sp. n. and E. plagioneurus sp. n., in the family Bittacidae, are described and illustrated based on five well-preserved fossil specimens. These specimens were collected from the late Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China. These new findings enhance our understanding of the morphological characters of early hangingflies and highlight the diversity of bittacids in the Mid Mesozoic ecosystems.