Prochoristella belli Tillyard 1926 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Alternative combination: Permochorista belli

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1926. Upper Permian insects of New South Wales Part II. The orders Mecoptera, Paramecoptera and Neuroptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 51:265-282

Belongs to Prochoristella according to V. G. Novokshonov 1997

See also Riek 1953, Tillyard 1926 and Willmann 1978

Sister taxa: Prochoristella anagaura, Prochoristella balgowanensis, Prochoristella bulwerensis, Prochoristella channingi, Prochoristella concinna, Prochoristella exilis, Prochoristella hartmani, Prochoristella ignara, Prochoristella longa, Prochoristella megaloprepia, Prochoristella pilosa, Prochoristella pusilla, Prochoristella shuangyangensis, Prochoristella vicina

Type specimen: Its type locality is Warner's Bay, Belmont (Pincombe 1925 coll), which is in a Changhsingian pond chert in the Croudace Bay Formation of Australia

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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