Choristidae

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.

Choristidae
Temporal range: Eocene – Present
Chorista australis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mecoptera
Family: Choristidae
Esben-Petersen, 1915
Genera
  • Chorista
  • Meridiochorista
  • Taeniochorista

Species
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
  1. 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).


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