Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae
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: Mesopanorpodidae according to X. N. Lian et al. 2020
See also Carpenter 1992, Novokshonov 1997, Novokshonov 1997, Papier et al. 1996, Riek 1953, Riek 1955, Riek 1976, van Dijk and Geertsema 1999 and Willmann 1978
Sister taxa: Baissopsyche, Epicharmesopsyche, Ferghanopsyche, Lichnomesopsyche, Mesopanorpodes, Mesopsyche, Mesoses, Permopsyche, Ptychopteropsis, Sogdopsyche, Tarantogus, Tipulidites, Turanopsyche, Turbidapsyche, Undisca, Vitimopsyche, Xinjiangia, Allochorista, Ladinochorista, Longifurcula, Mesotanyderus, Austrochoristella, Afristella, Forcinerva, Triassochoristites
Subtaxa: Prochoristella anagaura Prochoristella balgowanensis Prochoristella belli Prochoristella bulwerensis Prochoristella channingi Prochoristella concinna Prochoristella exilis Prochoristella hartmani Prochoristella ignara Prochoristella longa Prochoristella megaloprepia Prochoristella pilosa Prochoristella pusilla Prochoristella shuangyangensis Prochoristella vicina
Type: Prochoristella megaloprepia
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (1 collection)
• Triassic of China (1), France (1), Kyrgyzstan (5)
• Permian of Australia (3), South Africa (4)
Total: 15 collections including 24 occurrences
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