An Eocene Bittacus (Mecoptera)

In 1928 I described, as Palaeobittacus eocenicus, a species of the family Bittacidae from Eocene strata in Colorado. This has been the only representative of the Mecoptera in Eocene deposits and the earliest unquestionable record of a living family of the order. A second Eocene bittacid has now turn...

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Main Author: F. M. Carpenter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1955-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1955/89536