Petrochorista minuta Martynov 1931 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae

Full reference: A. V. Martynov. 1931. New Permian Insects from Tikhie Gory. II. Neoptera (excluding Miomoptera). Trudy Geologicheskogo Muzeya, Akademii Nauk SSSR 8:149-212

Belongs to Petrochorista according to V. G. Novokshonov 1997

See also Martynov 1931, Willmann 1978 and Willmann 1989

Sister taxa: Petrochorista distincta, Petrochorista elegantula, Petrochorista erunakovensis, Petrochorista ivae, Petrochorista lepida, Petrochorista parvula, Petrochorista recta, Petrochorista sojanensis, Petrochorista sororcula, Petrochorista tychtensis, Petrochorista unica

Type specimen: PIN 2295/69, a forewing. Its type locality is Tikhie Gory (PIN collection 2295), which is in a Roadian lagoonal claystone in the Baitugan Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Tikhie Gory (PIN collection 2295)

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