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Choristidae

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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

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

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This list is adapted from the World Checklist of extant Mecoptera species: Choristidae (unless cited otherwise) and is complete as of 1997.

References

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  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).