Insecta - Mecoptera - Permotanyderidae
Alternative combination: Choristotanyderus nanus
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
Belongs to Permotanyderus according to A. S. Bashkuev 2022
See also Riek 1953, Riek 1977 and Willmann 1978
Sister taxa: Permotanyderus ableptus, Permotanyderus rakitovi, Permotanyderus sensibilis, Permotanyderus sibiricus
Type specimen: AM F39964, a wing. Its type locality is Warner's Bay, Belmont (AMF coll), which is in a Changhsingian pond chert in the Croudace Bay Formation of Australia.
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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