Insecta - Dicondylia - Permochoristidae

Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1953. Fossil mecopteroid insects from the Upper Permian of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 23(2):55-87

Belongs to Mesochorista according to E. F. Riek 1953

Sister taxa: Mesochorista australica, 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 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 specimen: AM F40125, a forewing. Its type locality is Warner's Bay, Belmont (AMF coll), which is in a Changhsingian pond chert in the Croudace Bay Formation of Australia.

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Average measurements (in mm): forewing length 6.00