Mesochorista sinuata Handlirsch 1939 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae

Alternative combinations: Mesopanorpa sinuata, Orthophlebia sinuata, Synorthophlebia sinuata

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1939. Neue Untersuchungen über die fossilen Insekten mit Ergänzungen und Nachträgen sowie Ausblicken auf phylogenetische, palaeogeographische und allgemein biologische Probleme. II Teil. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 49:1-240

Belongs to Mesochorista according to J. Ansorge 1995

See also Handlirsch 1939, Martynova 1948, Willmann 1978 and Willmann 1984

Sister taxa: Mesochorista anglicana, Mesochorista asiatica, Mesochorista australica, Mesochorista blanda, Mesochorista bucera, Mesochorista fedotovi, Mesochorista generalis, Mesochorista ignota, Mesochorista ingloria, Mesochorista injuriosa, Mesochorista intercalaris, Mesochorista inverrucosa, Mesochorista javorskyi, Mesochorista kargalensis, Mesochorista minuta, Mesochorista nana, Mesochorista obsoleta, Mesochorista phipa, Mesochorista pinnigera, Mesochorista proavita, Mesochorista prospera, Mesochorista pudica, Mesochorista rohdendorfi, Mesochorista stigmophylla, Mesochorista strictoptera, Mesochorista tomiensis, Mesochorista tongchuanensis, Mesochorista vasjuchitshevi, Mesochorista veteratoria, Mesochorista wolbromae, Liassochorista hebeiensis, Liassochorista kenderlykensis, Liassochorista molesta, Liassochorista utilis, Permochorista nana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection)

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