†Moltenia Schlüter 2000 (sawfly)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelidae
Full reference: T. Schlüter. 2000. Moltenia rieki n. gen., n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae?), a tentative sawfly from the Molteno Formation (Upper Triassic), South Africa. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 74(1/2):75-78
Parent taxon: Archexyelinae according to A. Taeger et al. 2010
See also Schlüter 2000
Sister taxa: Archexyela, Asioxyela, Dinoxyela, Euryxyela, Ferganoxyela, Leioxyela, Lithoxyela, Madygenius, Oryctoxyela, Triassoxyela, Xaxexis, Xiphoxyela, Xyelinus
Subtaxa: Moltenia rieki
Type: Moltenia rieki
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Birds River (Bir 111) (Triassic of South Africa)
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