Petrochorista unica Martynova 1961 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae

Full reference: O. M. Martynova. 1961. Neuropteroidea, Mecopteroidea, Trichoptera in Paleozoiskie nasekomye kuznetskogo basseina. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 85:469-593

Belongs to Petrochorista according to R. Willmann 1978

See also Martynova 1961

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

Type specimen: PIN 676/588, a forewing. Its type locality is Suriekova I, ditch 6 (PIN collection 676), which is in a Wordian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Kazankovo-Markinskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Suriekova I, ditch 6 (PIN collection 676)

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