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Genus Nannochorista Tillyard, 1917

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Genus Nannochorista Tillyard, 1917

  • Nannochorista Tillyard, R.J. 1917. Studies in Australian Mecoptera. No. i. The new family Nannochoristidae, with descriptions of a new genus and four new species: and an appendix descriptive of a new genus and species from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 42: 284-301 [292].
    Type species:
     Nannochorista dipteroides Tillyard, 1917 by original designation.
  • Choristella Tillyard, R.J. 1917. Studies in Australian Mecoptera. No. i. The new family Nannochoristidae, with descriptions of a new genus and four new species: and an appendix descriptive of a new genus and species from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 42: 284-301 [299] [junior homonym of Choristella Bush, 1897 (Mollusca)].
    Type species:
     Choristella philpotti Tillyard, 1917 by original designation.
  • Microchorista Byers, G.W. 1974. New generic names for Mecoptera of Australia and New Zealand. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 165-167 [165] [nom. nov. for Choristella Tillyard, 1917].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Kristensen, N.P. 1989. The New Zealand scorpionfly (Nannochorista philpotti comb. n.): wing morphology and its phylogenetic significance. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 27: 106-114 [113]

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
  • New Zealand

Neotropical Region

Distribution References

  • Byers, G.W. 1989. The Nannochoristidae of South America (Mecoptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 54: 25-34
  • Kristensen, N.P. 1989. The New Zealand scorpionfly (Nannochorista philpotti comb. n.): wing morphology and its phylogenetic significance. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 27: 106-114

Distribution

New Zealand and South America