Choristidae

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Choristids
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Mecoptera Family: Choristidae Esben-Petersen, 1915
Genera
Chorista Meridiochorista Taeniochorista

Choristidae is a small (only 8 species in three genera) family of scorpionflies known only from Australia. Their larvae are found in moss mats.

[edit] Species

This list is adapted from the World Checklist of extant Mecoptera species: Choristidae and complete as of 1997.

• Chorista Klug, 1838

• Chorista australis Klug, 1838
• Chorista luteola (Westwood, 1846)

• 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