WORLD CHECKLIST OF EXTANT MECOPTERA SPECIES

This family is defined by having CuA broadly fused basally with M in the forewing, unlike Panorpidae, and Rs is four-branched, rather than three-branched in Nannochoristidae. These are medium-sized insects with eruciform, terrestrial larvae. The costal area is also somewhat broader than in other families.

Chorista	australis	Klug	1838	Australia
Chorista	luteola	(Westwood)	1846	Australia
= Euphania	luteola	Westwood	1846
Meridiochorista	insolita	(Riek)	1973	Australia
= Neochorista	insolita	Riek	1973
Meridiochorista	ruficeps	(Newman)	1850	Australia
= Panorpa	ruficeps	Newman	1850
= Neochorista	ruficeps	(Newman)	1850
= Chorista	victoriensis	Issiki	1931
Taeniochorista	bifurcata	Riek	1973	Australia
Taeniochorista	nigrita	Riek	1973	Australia
Taeniochorista	pallida	Esben-Petersen	1914	Australia
Taeniochorista	similis	Riek	1973	Australia

Lambkin, K.J. 1996. Mecoptera, Pp. 123-135, in Wells, A., Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 28, Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, Mecoptera and Siphonaptera. C.S.I.R.O. Publishing, Melbourne, Australia.

Riek, E.F. 1973. A revision of Australian scorpion flies of the family Choristidae (Mecoptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 12:103-112.

 

Last Update: 31 October 1997

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