Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1919. Mesozoic Insects of Queensland. No. 5 Mecoptera, the new order Paratrichoptera, and additions to Planipennia. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 44:194-212
Parent taxon: Mecoptera according to V. G. Novokshonov 2002
Sister taxa: Anemeca, Aneuretopsychidae, Anormochoristidae, Cyclopterinidae, Dinopanorpidae, Eobanksiidae, Eumecoptera, Holcorpidae, Liassopanorpa, Lithopanorpidae, Mecaenigma, Mendozachoristidae, Nannomecoptera, Nedubroviidae, Paramecoptera, Permocentropidae, Pistillifera, Protodiptera, Protomecoptera, Protomeropidae, Pseudopolycentropodidae, Reprehensa, Stereochoristidae, Thaumatomeropidae, Tipulidites
Subtaxa: Choristopsychidae, Liassophilidae, Mesosetidae, Permotipulidae
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