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 (unless cited otherwise) and is complete as of 1997.
- Chorista Klug, 1838
- Chorista australis Klug, 1838
- Chorista luteola Westwood, 1846
- †Chorista sobrina Riek, 1952[1]
- 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
References
- ^ Riek, E. F. (1952). "The fossil insects of the Tertiary Redbank Plains series. Part 1: an outline of the fossil assemblage with descriptions of the fossil insects of the orders Mecoptera and Neuroptera" (PDF). Papers - Department of Geology, University of Queensland. 4 (1).