Mesochorista tillyardi Lian and Huang 2025 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae

Full reference: X. Lian and D. Huang. 2025. Taxonomic names, in Two new species of Mesochorista (Insecta, Mecoptera, Permochoristidae) from the Guadalupian Yinping Formation of Chaohu, eastern China. Insects 16(1130)

Belongs to Mesochorista according to X. Lian and D. Huang 2025

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 sinuata, Mesochorista stigmophylla, Mesochorista strictoptera, Mesochorista tomiensis, Mesochorista tongchuanensis, Mesochorista vasjuchitshevi, Mesochorista veteratoria, Mesochorista wolbromae, Mesochorista yinpingensis, Permochorista nana, Liassochorista kenderlykensis, Liassochorista hebeiensis, Liassochorista utilis, Liassochorista molesta

Type specimen: NIGP205288, an exoskeleton (forewing). Its type locality is Houdong, Yinping Mountain, SW Chaohu City, which is in a Capitanian marine shale in the Yinping Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Houdong, Yinping Mountain, SW Chaohu City

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