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Afrochoristella

Insecta - Mecoptera - Nannochoristidae

Taxonomy
Afrochoristella was named by Pinto and de Ornellas (1978). It is not extant. Its type is Afrochoristella maclachlani.

It was assigned to Nannochoristidae by Pinto and de Ornellas (1978).

Species
A. maclachlani (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Afrochoristella Pinto and de Ornellas p. 97

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderNannomecopteraHinton 1981
familyNannochoristidaeTillyard 1917
genusAfrochoristella

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. †Afrochoristella Pinto and de Ornellas 1978
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†Afrochoristella maclachlani Pinto and de Ornellas 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available