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Bittacidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 114998

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): hanging scorpionflies [English]
  
    hangingflies [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2009   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderMecoptera  – scorpion flies, hangingflies, scorpionflies, snowflies  
                                  FamilyBittacidae  – hanging scorpionflies, hangingflies  
    Direct Children:  
                                     GenusAfrobittacus Londt, 1994  
                                     GenusAnabittacus Kimmins, 1929  
                                     GenusAnomalobittacus Kimmins, 1928  
                                     GenusApterobittacus MacLachlan, 1893  
                                     GenusAustrobittacus Riek, 1954  
                                     GenusBicaubittacus Tan and Hua, 2009  
                                     GenusBittacus Latreille, 1805  
                                     GenusEdriobittacus Byers, 1974  
                                     GenusEremobittacus Byers, 1997  
                                     GenusHarpobittacus Gerstaecker, 1885  
                                     GenusHylobittacus Byers, 1979  
                                     GenusIssikiella Byers, 1972  
                                     GenusKalobittacus Esben-Petersen, 1914  
                                     GenusNannobittacus Esben-Petersen, 1927  
                                     GenusOrobittacus Villegas and Byers, 1982  
                                     GenusPazius Navás, 1913  
                                     GenusSymbittacus Byers, 1986  
                                     GenusTerrobittacus Tan and Hua, 2009  
                                     GenusTytthobittacus Smithers, 1973  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Bittacidae, hanging scorpionflies [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Penny, Norman D., and George W. Byers   
  Publication Date: 1979   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Check-List of the Mecoptera of the World   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Acta Amazonica, vol. 9, no. 2   
  Page(s): 365-388   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0044-5967   
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  Reference for: Bittacidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pires Machado, Renato Jose, Fabio Siqueira P. Godoi, and José Albertino Rafael   
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Neotropical Mecoptera (Insecta): New generic synonymies, new combinations, key to families and genera, and checklist of species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, no. 2148   
  Page(s): 27-38   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5334   
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  Reference for: Bittacidae   
       

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