Exilibittacus Yang, Ren & Shih, 2012

Liu, Sulin, Shih, Chungkun & Ren, Dong, 2014, Four new species of hangingflies (Insecta, Mecoptera, Bittacidae) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China, ZooKeys 466, pp. 77-94 : 84

Taxon classification Animalia Mecoptera Bittacidae

Exilibittacus Yang, Ren & Shih, 2012

Type species.

Exilibittacus lii Yang, Ren & Shih, 2012.

Included species.

Type species, Exilibittacus foliaceus sp. n., and Exilibittacus plagioneurus sp. n.

Emended diagnosis.

Forewing: Sc reaching the anterior margin at the same level or proximad of the forking of R4+5; the 'bittacid cross’ aligned, the posterior of the 'bittacid cross’ distad of the bifurcation of M3+4; 1A terminating at the posterior margin at the same level or distad of the origination of Rs from R1. Hind wing: Rs with three or four branches, M with three branches and 2A absent.