Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae
Alternative spelling: Mesochoristidae
Parent taxon: Permochoristinae according to A. S. Bashkuev 2013
See also Martynov 1931, Novokshonov 1997, Riek 1955 and Willmann 1987
Sister taxa: Angustichorista, Archepetromantis, Asiachorista, Baianochorista, Callietheira, Echinopetromantis, Malmyzha, Mecolusor, Neopetromantis, Petrochorista, Petromanteini, Shaanxichorista, Tjulkinella, Tychtopsyche, Xenochorista
Subtaxa: Mesochorista Permeca Tatarakara
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
• Jurassic of Germany (1), Kyrgyzstan (2)
• Triassic of Australia (3), China (1), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (4), the United Kingdom (1)
• Permian of Australia (8), China (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (13), South Africa (1)
Total: 39 collections including 65 occurrences