Megalodontesidae

Megalodontes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pamphilioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Symphyta Superfamilia: Pamphilioidea

Familia: Megalodontesidae
Subfamiliae: Megalodontesinae – †Archoxyelydinae – †Decorisiricinae – †Praesiricinae

Overview of genera

Megalodontes – †Archoxyelyda – †Aulidontes – †Brevisiricius – †Decorisiricius – †Jibaissodes – †Limbisiricius – †Praesirex – †Rudisiricius – †Turgidontes – †Xyelydontes – ?†Hoplitolyda – ?†Sinosepulca

Name

Megalodontesidae Konow, 1897 [spelling emended by Opinion 1829 (ICZN, 1996)]

Placed on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology by Opinion 1829.

Synonyms

• Praesiricidae Rasnitsyn, 1968 [syn.: Wang et al., 2016]

References

Primary references

• ICZN. 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. BHL. Reference page. 
• Rasnitsyn, A.P. 1968. Новые мезозойские пилильщики (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) [New Mesozoic sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)]. Pp. 190–236. In: Rohdendorf, B.B. (ed.) Юрской Насекомые Каратау [Jurassic insects of Karatau]. Izdatelstvo “Nauka”, Moscow, 252 pp., 25 pls. (in Russian). Google Books. PDF (Full book). Reference page.  [as Praesiricinae]
• Wang, M., Rasnitsyn, A. P., Li, H., Shih, C., Sharkey, M.J. & Ren, D. 2016. Phylogenetic analyses elucidate the inter-relationships of Pamphilioidea (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Cladistics 32(3): 239–260. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12129 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gao, T., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Ren, D. & Shih, C. 2010. The first Praesiricidae (Hymenoptera) from northeast China. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 46(1–2): 148–153. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2010.10697650 . Reference page.  [as Praesiricidae]
• Gao, T., Shih, C., Rasnitsyn, A.P. & Ren, D. 2013. Hoplitolyda duolunica gen. et sp. nov. (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Praesiricidae), the Hitherto Largest Sawfly from the Mesozoic of China. PLoS ONE 8(5): e62420. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062420 . Reference page.  [as Praesiricidae]
• Taeger, A., Blank, S.M. & Liston, A.D. 2010. World catalog of Symphyta (Hymenoptera). Zootaxa 2580: 1–1064. Preview (PDF). DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2580.1.1 . Reference page. 
• Wang, M., Rasnitsyn, A.P. & Ren, D. 2013. A new sawfly fossil from the lower Cretaceous of China elucidates antennal evolution in the lower Hymenoptera (Pamphilioidea: Praesiricidae: Archoxyelydinae subfam.n.). Systematic Entomology 38(3): 577–584. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12014 . Reference page.  [as Praesiricidae]
• Wang, M., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Shih, C., Sharkey, M.J. & Ren, D. 2015. New fossils from China elucidating the phylogeny of Praesiricidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Systematic Entomology 41(1): 41–55. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12142 . PDF. Reference page.  [as Praesiricidae]
• Wang, Y-M., Wang, M., Shih, C-K., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Yao, J., Ren, D. & Gao, T-P. 2019. A new sawfly of Megalodontesidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Pamphilioidea) with pectinate antennae from the Early Cretaceous of China. ZooKeys 893: 115–123. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.893.38512 Reference page.