Xenochorista Riek 1953 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae

Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1953. Fossil mecopteroid insects from the Upper Permian of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 23(2):55-87

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

See also Carpenter 1992, Riek 1953, Riek 1955 and Willmann 1978

Sister taxa: Angustichorista, Archepetromantis, Asiachorista, Baianochorista, Callietheira, Echinopetromantis, Malmyzha, Mecolusor, Mesochoristini, Neopetromantis, Petrochorista, Petromanteini, Shaanxichorista, Tjulkinella, Tychtopsyche

Subtaxa: Xenochorista borealis Xenochorista sobrina Xenochorista splendida

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Type: Xenochorista splendida

Ecology:

Distribution:

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

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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