Megalodontesidae

Megalodontesidae

Megalodontes sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Symphyta
Superfamily:	Pamphilioidea
Family:	Megalodontesidae Konow, 1897
Diversity
about 40 species in 6 genera

The Megalodontesidae (until recently spelled Megalodontidae,^[1] a name already in use for a family of fossil molluscs) are a small family of sawflies within the Symphyta, containing some 40 species restricted to the temperate regions of Eurasia, and whose larvae feed on herbaceous plants. They are distinguished from the closely related Pamphiliidae by their serrate or pectinate antennae.

Extant genera

Forficulotarpa Pic, 1918
Megalodontes Latreille, 1802
Melanopus Konow, 1897
Rhipidioceros Konow, 1897
Tristactoides Chevin, 1985
Tristactus Konow, 1897

References

↑ International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1996). "Opinion 1829. Megalodontidae Konow, 1897 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): spelling emended to Megalodontesidae, so removing the homonymy with Megalodontidae Morris & Lycett, 1853 (Mollusca, Bivalvia)". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 53 (1): 66–67.

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Extant Hymenopteran families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Endopterygota

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Xyeloidea	Xyelidae

Pamphilioidea	Megalodontesidae Pamphiliidae (web-spinning sawflies)

Tenthredinoidea	Argidae (argid sawflies) Blasticotomidae (fern sawflies) Cimbicidae (cimbicid sawflies) Diprionidae (conifer sawflies) Pergidae (pergid sawflies) Tenthredinidae (common sawflies)

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Cephoidea	Cephidae (stem sawflies)

Siricoidea	Anaxyelidae (cedar wood wasps) Siricidae (horntails)

Xiphydrioidea	Xiphydriidae (wood wasps)

Orussoidea	Orussidae (parasitic wood wasps)

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Stephanoidea

Stephanidae

Ichneumonoidea

Proctotrupomorpha

Platygastroidea	Platygastridae Scelionidae

Cynipoidea	Austrocynipidae Cynipidae (gall wasps) Figitidae Ibaliidae Liopteridae

Proctotrupoidea (s.str.)	Proctorenyxidae Roproniidae Heloridae Pelecinidae Peradeniidae Proctotrupidae Vanhorniidae

Diaprioidea	Austroniidae Diapriidae Maamingidae Monomachidae

Mymarommatoidea	Mymarommatidae

Chalcidoidea (chalcid wasps)	Agaonidae (fig wasps) Aphelinidae Chalcididae Encyrtidae Eucharitidae Eulophidae Eupelmidae Eurytomidae Leucospidae Mymaridae (fairyflies) Ormyridae Perilampidae Pteromalidae Rotoitidae Signiphoridae Tanaostigmatidae Tetracampidae Torymidae Trichogrammatidae

Ceraphronoidea

Megalyroidea

Megalyridae

Trigonaloidea

Trigonalidae

Evanioidea

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Apoidea

Anthophila (bees)	Andrenidae (mason bees) Apidae (honey bees, bumblebees, cuckoo bees, carpenter bees, orchid bees, stingless bees) Colletidae (plasterer bees) Halictidae (sweat bees) Megachilidae (mason bees, leafcutter bees) Melittidae Stenotritidae

Spheciformes (sphecoid wasps)	Ampulicidae (cockroach wasps) Crabronidae (sand wasps, bee wolves) Heterogynaidae Sphecidae (thread-waisted wasps)

Chrysidoidea

Vespoidea

Italic are paraphyletic groups

Based on Malm and Nyman (2015)

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