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Afrobittacus  Londt, 1994
Taxonomic Serial No.: 810400

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  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  
                                     GenusAfrobittacus Londt, 1994  
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                                        SpeciesAfrobittacus melanostigma Londt, 1994  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Londt, Jason G. H.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title: A catalogue of Afrotropical Mecoptera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Annals of the Natal Museum, vol. 35   
  Page(s): 45-59   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0304-0798   
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  Reference for: Afrobittacus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Londt, Jason G. H.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title: Afrobittacus, a new genus with Neotropical affiliations from west and central Africa (Mecoptera: Bittacidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of African Zoology, vol. 108, no. 4   
  Page(s): 401-406   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0776-7943   
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  Reference for: original description   
       

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