Parachorista elegantula Lian 2025 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Parachoristidae

Full reference: X. Lian. 2025. New Parachoristidae and "Orthophlebiidae" from the Tongchuan entomofauna and their implications on the early evolution of Panorpoidea. Mesozoic 2:329-355

Belongs to Parachorista according to X. Lian 2026

See also Lian 2025

Sister taxa: Parachorista arguta, Parachorista asiatica, Parachorista comica, Parachorista hongi, Parachorista immota, Parachorista libaii, Parachorista multivena, Parachorista opposita, Parachorista orienta, Parachorista pincombeae, Parachorista pulchra, Parachorista religiosa, Parachorista ruga, Parachorista sana, Parachorista splendida, Parachorista triassica

Type specimen: NIGP209390, a forewing

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Qishuihe outcrop, Hejiafang, Jinsuoguan Town, Tongchuan City (Triassic of China)

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