Insecta - Dicondylia - Permochoristidae

Alternative combination: Permochorista australica

Synonyms: Permochorista affinis Tillyard 1922, Permochorista angustipennis Tillyard 1926, Permochorista collinsi Tillyard 1926, Permochorista inaequalis Tillyard 1926, Permochorista mitchelli Tillyard 1917, Permochorista osbornei Tillyard 1926, Permochorista pincombei Tillyard 1926, Permochorista sinuata Tillyard 1922

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1917. Permian and Triassic insects from New South Wales, in the collection of Mr. John Mitchell. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 42:720-756

Belongs to Mesochorista according to E. F. Riek 1976

Sister taxa: Mesochorista blanda, Mesochorista bucera, Mesochorista channingi, Mesochorista dubia, Mesochorista fedotovi, Mesochorista ignota, Mesochorista inexpectata, Mesochorista intercalaris, Mesochorista inverrucosa, Mesochorista javorskyi, Mesochorista jucunda, Mesochorista novojilovi, Mesochorista oblonga, Mesochorista obsoleta, Mesochorista perlonga, Mesochorista phipa, Mesochorista pinnigera, Mesochorista proavita, Mesochorista prospera, Mesochorista pudica, Mesochorista rohdendorfi, Mesochorista sokolovensis, Mesochorista stigmophylla, Mesochorista strictoptera, Mesochorista tomiensis, Mesochorista tychtensis, Mesochorista vasjuchitshevi, Mesochorista veteratoria, Mesochorista wolbromae, Permochorista maculipennis, Permochorista nigromaculata, Permochorista venosa, Permochorista stigmata, Permochorista dubiosa, Permochorista rossica

Type specimens:

• Mesochorista australica: AM F39318, a wing. Its type locality is Belmont, Darling Street quarry (pre-1917 collection), which is in a Changhsingian pond chert in the Croudace Bay Formation of Australia.
• Permochorista affinis: J. Mitchell Coll. P 3, a forewing. Its type locality is Belmont, Darling Street quarry (1920-1921 collection), which is in a Changhsingian pond chert in the Croudace Bay Formation of Australia.
• Permochorista angustipennis: Its type locality is Belmont (Mitchell 1923 coll), which is in a Changhsingian pond chert in the Croudace Bay Formation of Australia.
• Permochorista collinsi: Its type locality is Belmont (Mitchell undated coll), which is in a Changhsingian pond chert in the Croudace Bay Formation of Australia.
• Permochorista inaequalis: Its type locality is Belmont (Pincombe 1925 coll), which is in a Changhsingian pond chert in the Croudace Bay Formation of Australia.
• Permochorista mitchelli: AM F39317, a wing. Its type locality is Belmont, Darling Street quarry (pre-1917 collection), which is in a Changhsingian pond chert in the Croudace Bay Formation of Australia.
• Permochorista osbornei: Its type locality is Belmont (Tillyard 1921 coll), which is in a Changhsingian pond chert in the Croudace Bay Formation of Australia.
• Permochorista pincombei: Its type locality is Belmont (Pincombe 1925 coll), which is in a Changhsingian pond chert in the Croudace Bay Formation of Australia.
• Permochorista sinuata: J. Mitchell Coll. 55, a forewing. Its type locality is Belmont, Darling Street quarry (1920-1921 collection), which is in a Changhsingian pond chert in the Croudace Bay Formation of Australia.

Ecology:

Average measurements (in mm): forewing 8.76 x 2.74, hindwing length 8.80, wing 9.22 x 3.60