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Mesochorista australica

Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae

Taxonomy
Permochorista australica was named by Tillyard (1918) [Mitchell Coll. 24]. Its type specimen is AM F39318, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Belmont, Darling Street quarry (pre-1917 collection), which is in a Changhsingian pond chert in the Croudace Bay Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Mesochorista australica by Riek (1953), Riek (1976), Willmann (1978) and Novokshonov (1997).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Permochorista australica Tillyard p. 733 figs. Fig 4
1918Permochorista mitchelli Tillyard p. 734 figs. Fig 5
1922Permochorista sinuata Tillyard p. 287 figs. Pl 34 fig 5,6; Fig 4
1922Permochorista affinis Tillyard p. 288 figs. Pl 34 fig 6; Fig 5
1926Permochorista australica Tillyard p. 268
1926Permochorista mitchelli Tillyard p. 268
1926Permochorista collinsi Tillyard p. 269 figs. Pl 15, fig 2; text-fig 2
1926Permochorista pincombei Tillyard p. 269 fig. 3
1926Permochorista angustipennis Tillyard p. 270 fig. 4
1926Permochorista osbornei Tillyard p. 271 fig. 5,6
1926Permochorista affinis Tillyard p. 272
1926Permochorista inaequalis Tillyard p. 272 fig. 7
1926Permochorista sinuata Tillyard p. 272
1937Permochoristella collinsi Handlirsch p. 111
1953Mesochorista australica Riek p. 60 figs. Pl 5,A, figs 1-17; text-figs 8-17
1976Mesochorista australica Riek p. 784 figs. Pl 6 figs 1, 2
1978Mesochorista australica Willmann p. 36
1997Mesochorista australica Novokshonov p. 62 fig. 20a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
familyPermochoristidae
subfamilyPermochoristinaeTillyard 1917
tribeMesochoristini(Tillyard 1926)
genusMesochorista
speciesaustralica()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Mesochorista australica Tillyard 1918
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Invalid names: Permochorista affinis Tillyard 1922 [synonym], Permochorista angustipennis Tillyard 1926 [synonym], Permochorista collinsi Tillyard 1926 [synonym], Permochorista inaequalis Tillyard 1926 [synonym], Permochorista mitchelli Tillyard 1918 [synonym], Permochorista osbornei Tillyard 1926 [synonym], Permochorista pincombei Tillyard 1926 [synonym], Permochorista sinuata Tillyard 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Australia (New South Wales) Mesochorista australica (122433) Permochorista angustipennis (122421) Permochorista australica, Permochorista mitchelli (type locality: 111682) Permochorista collinsi (122424) Permochorista osbornei (122415) Permochorista pincombei, Permochorista inaequalis (122416) Permochorista sinuata (122422) Permochorista sinuata, Permochorista affinis (122475)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17South Africa (Natal) Mesochorista australica (124428)