Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae
Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1974. Upper Triassic Insects from the Molteno "Formation", South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 17:19-31
Parent taxon: Mesopanorpodidae according to R. Willmann 1978
See also Carpenter 1992 and Riek 1974
Sister taxa: Baissopsyche, Epicharmesopsyche, Ferghanopsyche, Lichnomesopsyche, Mesopanorpodes, Mesopsyche, Mesoses, Permopsyche, Ptychopteropsis, Sogdopsyche, Tarantogus, Tipulidites, Turanopsyche, Turbidapsyche, Undisca, Vitimopsyche, Xinjiangia, Austrochoristella, Mesotanyderus, Forcinerva, Allochorista, Ladinochorista, Longifurcula, Prochoristella, Triassochoristites
Subtaxa: Afristella delicatula
Type: Afristella delicatula
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Konings Kroon (Rooipoort) (Kon 111) a (Triassic of South Africa)
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