Full reference: A. Schletterer. 1889. Die Hymenopteren-Gattungen Stenophasmus Smith, Monomachus Westw., Pelecinus Latr. und Megalyra Westw. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 33:197-250
Parent taxon: Apocrita according to M. J. Sharkey et al. 2012
See also Rasnitsyn 1975
Sister taxa: Aculeata, Apiaria lapidea, Apocritites, Armaniidae, Asiacynipites, Brachycleistogastromorpha, Ceraphronoidea, Dendrocerus dubitatus, Eucynipites, Evanioidea, Evaniomorpha, Ichneumonoidea, Khutelchalcididae, Kuafuidae, Limnetidae, Longhuaia, Panguoidea, Proctotrupomorpha, Stephanoidea, Stephanomorpha, Trigonalyoidea
Subtaxa: Megalyridae
Type: Megalyra
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (1 collection), Germany (2), the Russian Federation (6), Ukraine (3)
• Cretaceous of Azerbaijan (1), China (2), France (2), Myanmar (5), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (2)
• Jurassic of China (1), Kazakhstan (8), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 39 collections including 69 occurrences