Choristidae

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

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 and is 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

Extant Mecoptera and Siphonaptera families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Endopterygota

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(fleas)

Pulicomorpha

Pulicoidea	Pulicidae (common fleas) Hectopsyllidae (chigoe and sticktight fleas)

Ancistropsylloidea	Ancistropsyllidae

Coptopsylloidea	Coptopsyllidae

Malacopsylloidea	Malacopsyllidae Rhopalopsyllidae

Vermipsylloidea	Vermipsyllidae

Ceratophyllomorpha

Ceratophylloidea	Ceratophyllidae Ischnopsyllidae Leptopsyllidae Xiphiopsyllidae

Hystrichopsyllomorpha

Stephanocircidoidea	Stephanocircidae

Hystrichopsylloidea	Chimaeropsyllidae Hystrichopsyllidae

Macropsylloidea	Macropsyllidae

Pygiopsyllomorpha

Pygiopsylloidea	Lycopsyllidae Pygiopsyllidae Stivaliidae

Classification is based on Whiting, M. F. (2002)

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