Bittacus carpenteri is a species of hanging fly in the Order Mecoptera.[1] Its native range is the Sichuan Province of China.[2] The specific epithet honors Professor Frank M. Carpenter.[1]

Bittacus carpenteri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mecoptera
Family: Bittacidae
Genus: Bittacus
Species:
B. carpenteri
Binomial name
Bittacus carpenteri
Cheng, 1957

References

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  1. ^ a b Cheng, F.Y. 1957. Revision of the Chinese Mecoptera. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 116(1): 1-118.
  2. ^ World Checklist of Extant Mecoptera Species, Bittacidae (Hanging-flies), http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/entomology/general_collections/mecop/mecoptera/bittacid.htm, accessed 22 Jan 2016