Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

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 D. E. van Dijk and H. Geertsema 1999

See also Novokshonov 1997 and Riek 1976

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

Type specimen: NM 900ab, a forewing (almost complete forewing). Its type locality is Mooi River Locality, which is in a Changhsingian delta plain shale in South Africa.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mooi River Locality

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