Choristidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Mecoptera

Familia: Choristidae
Genera: Chorista - Meridiochorista - Taeniochorista
Name

Choristidae Esben-Petersen, 1915
References

Riek, E.F. 1973: A revision of Australian scorpion flies of the family Choristidae (Mecoptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 12(2): 103–112. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1973.tb01644.x

Vernacular names
中文: 异翅蝎蛉科

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