Family Nannochoristidae Tillyard 1917 (scorpionfly)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Nannochoristidae
Parent taxon: Nannomecoptera according to R. Willmann 1987
See also Carpenter 1992, Riek 1968 and Willmann 1978
Sister taxon: Robinjohniidae
Subtaxa: Afrochoristella Dahurochorista Dahurolarva Itaphlebia Jichoristella Namdyrus Nannochorista
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (1 collection), China (1), the Russian Federation (3)
• Jurassic of China (6), Kazakhstan (3), the Russian Federation (3)
• Permian of South Africa (2)
Total: 19 collections including 31 occurrences