Prochoristella balgowanensis van Dijk and Geertsema 1999 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Full reference: D. E. van Dijk and H. Geertsema. 1999. Permian insects from the Beaufort Group of Natal, South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 40:137-171

Belongs to Prochoristella according to D. E. van Dijk and H. Geertsema 1999

Sister taxa: Prochoristella anagaura, Prochoristella belli, 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: NM 2564 ab, a forewing (almost complete forewing). Its type locality is Balgowan (Bal 111), which is in a Changhsingian delta plain shale in the Estcourt Formation of South Africa.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Balgowan (Bal 111)

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