Xenochoristella Riek 1955 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae

Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1955. Fossil insects from the Triassic beds at Mt. Crosby, Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 3(4):654-691

Parent taxon: Xenochoristidae according to R. Willmann 1978

See also Carpenter 1992 and Riek 1955

Sister taxa: Agetopanorpinae, Duraznochorista, Hongchoristites, Kalochorista, Kazakhopanorpa, Mesageta, Permochoristinae, Protochoristinae, Pseudonannochoristinae, Qingochorista, Sylvopanorpinae

Subtaxa: Xenochoristella hillae

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mount Crosby Insect Bed (UQ collection) (Triassic of Australia)

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