Choristidae Explained

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

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

Notes and 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. . Papers - Department of Geology, University of Queensland . 4 . 1.