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Mesochorista

Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae

Taxonomy

Mesochorista was named by Tillyard (1916). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Panorpidae by Tillyard (1916); to Choristidae by Tillyard (1923); to Mesochoristidae by Riek (1955) and Riek (1956); to Permochoristinae by Martynova (1961), Willmann (1978) and Novokshonov (1997); to Permochoristidae by Riek (1976), Carpenter (1992) and van Dijk and Geertsema (1999); and to Mesochoristini by Bashkuev (2013).

Synonyms

Liassochorista was named by Tillyard (1933). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mesochorista by Ansorge (1995).

It was assigned to Permochoristinae by Willmann (1978); and to Permochoristidae by Tillyard (1933), Martynova (1948), Carpenter (1992) and Novokshonov (1997).
Permochorista was named by Tillyard (1918). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mesochorista by Riek (1953), Riek (1955) and Novokshonov (1997).

It was assigned to Mesochoristidae by Martynov (1931) and Martynov (1932); and to Permochoristidae by Tillyard (1918), Tillyard (1922), Martynov (1940) and Martynova (1948).
Eoses was named by Tindale (1945). Its type is Eoses triassica. It is the type genus of Eosetidae.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mesochorista by Riek (1955), Willmann (1978), Willmann (1984) and Novokshonov (1997).

It was assigned to Eosetidae by Tindale (1945).
Yanorthophlebia was named by Ren (1995).

It was synonymized subjectively with Liassochorista by Novokshonov (1997).

It was assigned to Neorthophlebiidae by Ren (1995).
Caenoptilon was named by Zalessky (1933).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mesochorista by Willmann (1978) and Novokshonov (1997).

It was assigned to Caenoptilonidae by Zalessky (1933).
Permochoristella was named by Handlirsch (1937).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mesochorista by Riek (1953) and Willmann (1978).

It was assigned to Permochoristidae by Handlirsch (1937).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1916	Mesochorista Tillyard
1918	Permochorista Tillyard
1922	Permochorista Tillyard
1923	Mesochorista Tillyard
1931	Permochorista Martynov p. 181
1932	Permochorista Martynov p. 37
1933	Liassochorista Tillyard p. 21
1933	Caenoptilon Zalessky p. 141
1937	Permochoristella Handlirsch p. 111
1940	Permochorista Martynov p. 43
1945	Eoses Tindale p. 39
1948	Permochorista Martynova p. 27
1948	Liassochorista Martynova p. 45
1955	Mesochorista Riek p. 660
1956	Mesochorista Riek p. 99
1961	Mesochorista Martynova p. 563
1976	Mesochorista Riek p. 784
1978	Liassochorista Willmann p. 35
1978	Mesochorista Willmann p. 35
1992	Liassochorista Carpenter
1992	Mesochorista Carpenter
1995	Yanorthophlebia Ren p. 93
1997	Mesochorista Novokshonov p. 62
1997	Liassochorista Novokshonov p. 629
1999	Mesochorista van Dijk and Geertsema p. 141
2013	Mesochorista Bashkuev p. 739

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Panorpida
superorder	Antliophora
order	Mecoptera	Packard 1886
family	Permochoristidae
subfamily	Permochoristinae	Tillyard 1917
tribe	Mesochoristini	(Tillyard 1926)
genus	Mesochorista

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.

G. †Mesochorista Tillyard 1916

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†Mesochorista anglicana Tillyard 1933

†Mesochorista asiatica Martynova 1948

†Mesochorista australica Tillyard 1918

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]

†Mesochorista blanda Martynova 1961

†Mesochorista bucera Martynova 1961

†Mesochorista fedotovi Martynova 1961

†Mesochorista generalis Bashkuev 2013

†Mesochorista ignota Martynova 1961

†Mesochorista ingloria Martynova 1942

†Mesochorista injuriosa Novokshonov 2001

†Mesochorista intercalaris Martynova 1961

†Mesochorista inverrucosa Martynova 1961

†Mesochorista javorskyi Martynova 1961

†Mesochorista kargalensis Martynova 1942

†Mesochorista minuta Zalessky 1933

†Mesochorista nana Martynova 1948

†Mesochorista obsoleta Martynova 1961

Invalid names: Mesochorista inexpectata Martynova 1961 [synonym]

†Mesochorista phipa Riek 1953

†Mesochorista pinnigera Martynova 1961

†Mesochorista proavita Tillyard 1916

Invalid names: Eoses triassica Tindale 1945 [synonym]

†Mesochorista prospera Martynova 1961

†Mesochorista pudica Martynova 1961

†Mesochorista rohdendorfi Martynova 1961

†Mesochorista sinuata Handlirsch 1939

†Mesochorista stigmophylla Martynova 1961

Invalid names: Mesochorista perlonga Martynova 1961 [synonym]

†Mesochorista strictoptera Martynova 1961

†Mesochorista tomiensis Martynova 1961

†Mesochorista tongchuanensis Lian et al. 2022

†Mesochorista vasjuchitshevi Martynova 1961

†Mesochorista veteratoria Martynova 1961

†Mesochorista wolbromae Martynova 1961

Invalid names: Caenoptilon Zalessky 1933 [synonym], Eoses Tindale 1945 [synonym], Liassochorista Tillyard 1933 [synonym], Permochorista Tillyard 1918 [synonym], Permochoristella Handlirsch 1937 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available