Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae
Alternative combination: Mesochorista channingi
Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1976. New Upper Permian insects from Natal, South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(3):755-789
Belongs to Prochoristella according to V. G. Novokshonov 1997
See also Riek 1976 and van Dijk and Geertsema 1999
Sister taxa: Prochoristella anagaura, Prochoristella balgowanensis, Prochoristella belli, Prochoristella bulwerensis, Prochoristella concinna, Prochoristella exilis, Prochoristella hartmani, Prochoristella ignara, Prochoristella longa, Prochoristella megaloprepia, Prochoristella pilosa, Prochoristella pusilla, Prochoristella shuangyangensis, Prochoristella vicina
Type specimen: NM877ab, a wing. Its type locality is Mooi River Locality, which is in a Changhsingian delta plain shale in South Africa.
Distribution: found only at Mooi River Locality
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