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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mecoptera |
| Family: | Bittacidae |
| Genus: | Bittacus |
| Species: | B. carpenteri
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| Binomial name | |
| Bittacus carpenteri Cheng, 1957
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References
edit- ^ a b Cheng, F.Y. 1957. Revision of the Chinese Mecoptera. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 116(1): 1-118.
- ^ 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