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EMBIIDINA |
FOSSIL INSECTS |
HYMENOPTERA |
MECOPTERA -World Checklist of Extant Mecoptera Species -World Mecoptera Bibliography |
NEUROPTERA |
WORLD CHECKLIST OF EXTANT MECOPTERA SPECIES
NANNOCHORISTIDAE
Nannochoristids are unusual mecopterans in that they have an elateriform,
aquatic larva. Adults are small creatures, with short mouthparts uncharacteristic
of the order. Their forewing venation is very similar to that of dipterans,
and they may be closely related. The geographical distribution is clearly
Gondwanian, with one genus found in New Zealand, and the other genus
found in southern Chile and southern Australia.
| Microchorista | philpotti | (Tillyard) | 1917 | New Zealand |
| = Choristella | philpotti | Tillyard | 1917 | |
| Nannochorista | andina | Byers | 1989 | Argentina, Chile |
| Nannochorista | dipteroides | Tillyard | 1917 | Australia (Tasmania) |
| Nannochorista | dipteroides eboraca | Tillyard | 1917 | Australia |
| Nannochorista | edwardsi | Kimmins | 1929 | Chile, Argentina |
| Nannochorista | holostigma | Tillyard | 1917 | Australia (Tasmania) |
| Nannochorista | maculipennis | Tillyard | 1917 | Australia (Tasmania) |
| Nannochorista | neotropica | Navás | 1928 | Chile, Argentina |
Byers, G.W. 1989. The Nannochoristidae of South America (Mecoptera).
University of Kansas Science Bulletin 54(2):25-34.
Riek, E.F. 1954. The Australian Mecoptera or Scorpion-flies. Australian
Journal of Zoology 2:143-168.