| Choristidae | |
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| Chorista australis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mecoptera |
| Family: | Choristidae Esben-Petersen, 1915 |
| Genera | |
The Choristidae are a small (only eight species in three genera) family of scorpionflies known only from Australia. Their larvae are found in moss mats.
Species
[edit]- This list is adapted from the World Checklist of extant Mecoptera species: Choristidae (unless cited otherwise) and is complete as of 1997.
- Chorista Klug, 1838
- Chorista australis Klug, 1838
- Chorista luteola Westwood, 1846
- †Chorista sobrina Riek, 1952[1]
- Meridiochorista Lambkin, 1996
- Meridiochorista insolita Riek, 1973
- Meridiochorista ruficeps Newman, 1850
- Taeniochorista Esben-Petersen, 1914
- Taeniochorista bifurcata Riek, 1973
- Taeniochorista nigrita Riek, 1973
- Taeniochorista pallida Esben-Petersen, 1914
- Taeniochorista similis Riek, 1973
References
[edit]- ^ Riek, E. F. (1952). "The fossil insects of the Tertiary Redbank Plains series. Part 1: an outline of the fossil assemblage with descriptions of the fossil insects of the orders Mecoptera and Neuroptera" (PDF). Papers - Department of Geology, University of Queensland. 4 (1).