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Hangingflies
Bittacidae
Bittacidae is a family of scorpionflies commonly called hangingflies or hanging scorpionflies.
The genus Bittacus, comprising approximately 75% of all species within the family, occurs worldwide. Other genera are mostly confined to South America or Australia. Members of this family may be confused with crane flies, in the order Diptera, but can be distinguished by their two pairs of wings and lack of halteres.
19 branches of this family, most-observed first
Bittacus
genusBittacus
Harpobittacus
genusHarpobittacus
Hylobittacus
genusHylobittacus
Apterobittacus
genusApterobittacus
Kalobittacus
genusKalobittacus
Terrobittacus
genusTerrobittacus
Anomalobittacus
genusAnomalobittacus
Issikiella
genusIssikiella
Nannobittacus
genusNannobittacus
Pazius
genusPazius
Edriobittacus
genusEdriobittacus
Bicaubittacus
genusBicaubittacus
Orobittacus
genusOrobittacus
Anabittacus
genusAnabittacus
Symbittacus
genusSymbittacus
Eremobittacus
genusEremobittacus
Afrobittacus
genusAfrobittacus
Austrobittacus
genusAustrobittacus
Tytthobittacus
genusTytthobittacus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49363.