Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae
Alternative spelling: Agetopanorpidae
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1930. The Lower Permian Insects of Kansas: Part 1. Introduction and the Order Mecoptera. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70(2):69-101
Parent taxon: Permochoristidae according to M. B. Lara et al. 2015
See also Bashkuev 2013, Carpenter 1992, Lin et al. 2010, Novokshonov 1997 and Willmann 1978
Sister taxa: Duraznochorista, Hongchoristites, Kalochorista, Kazakhopanorpa, Mesageta, Permochoristinae, Protochoristinae, Pseudonannochoristinae, Qingochorista, Sylvopanorpinae, Xenochoristella
Subtaxa: Agetopanorpa Argentinopanorpa Gigantoageta Mezena Oochorista Ovomezena Parageta Phipoides Protochorista Protopanorpa Seniorita Stigmarista Tshekardopanorpa
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Argentina (1 collection), China (1), Kyrgyzstan (3)
• Permian of Australia (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (26), South Africa (1), United States (2: Kansas)
Total: 37 collections including 100 occurrences