Mesochorista Tillyard 1916 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae

Synonyms: Caenoptilon Zalessky 1933, Eoses Tindale 1945, Liassochorista Tillyard 1933, Permochorista Tillyard 1918, Permochoristella Handlirsch 1937, Yanorthophlebia Ren 1995

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1916. Descriptions of the fossil Insects; Mesozoic and Tertiary Insects of Queensland and New South Wales. Descriptions of the fossil Insects and stratigraphical features. Queensland Geological Survey (253)11-70

Parent taxon: Mesochoristini according to A. S. Bashkuev 2013

See also Ansorge 1995, Carpenter 1992, Handlirsch 1937, Martynov 1931, Martynov 1932, Martynov 1940, Martynova 1948, Martynova 1961, Novokshonov 1997, Novokshonov 1997, Novokshonov 1997, Ren 1995, Riek 1953, Riek 1955, Riek 1956, Riek 1976, Tillyard 1916, Tillyard 1918, Tillyard 1922, Tillyard 1923, Tillyard 1933, Tindale 1945, van Dijk and Geertsema 1999, Willmann 1978, Willmann 1984 and Zalessky 1933

Sister taxa: Permeca, Tatarakara

Subtaxa: Liassochorista hebeiensis Liassochorista kenderlykensis Liassochorista molesta Liassochorista utilis Mesochorista anglicana Mesochorista asiatica Mesochorista australica Mesochorista blanda Mesochorista bucera Mesochorista fedotovi Mesochorista generalis Mesochorista ignota Mesochorista ingloria Mesochorista injuriosa Mesochorista intercalaris Mesochorista inverrucosa Mesochorista javorskyi Mesochorista kargalensis Mesochorista minuta Mesochorista nana Mesochorista obsoleta Mesochorista phipa Mesochorista pinnigera Mesochorista proavita Mesochorista prospera Mesochorista pudica Mesochorista rohdendorfi Mesochorista sinuata Mesochorista stigmophylla Mesochorista strictoptera Mesochorista tomiensis Mesochorista tongchuanensis Mesochorista vasjuchitshevi Mesochorista veteratoria Mesochorista wolbromae Permochorista nana

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)

• Jurassic of Germany (1), Kyrgyzstan (2)

• Triassic of Australia (3), China (1), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (4), the United Kingdom (1)

• Permian of Australia (8), the Russian Federation (13), South Africa (1)

Total: 37 collections including 59 occurrences

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