Parachorista Tillyard 1926 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Parachoristidae

Synonym: Tillyardina Handlirsch 1937

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1926. Upper Permian insects of New South Wales Part II. The orders Mecoptera, Paramecoptera and Neuroptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 51:265-282

Parent taxon: Parachoristinae according to V. G. Novokshonov 1997

See also Carpenter 1992, Handlirsch 1937, Hong 2009, Martynov 1932, Martynov 1940, Riek 1953 and Willmann 1978

Sister taxa: Kirgizichorista, Panorpaenigma, Sinoparachorista, Virgulaparachorista

Subtaxa: Parachorista arguta Parachorista asiatica Parachorista comica Parachorista immota Parachorista multivena Parachorista opposita Parachorista pincombeae Parachorista religiosa Parachorista sana Parachorista splendida

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of Kyrgyzstan (5 collections)

• Permian of Australia (4), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 10 collections including 16 occurrences

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