Moltenia Schlüter 2000 (sawfly)

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

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Type: Moltenia rieki

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Birds River (Bir 111) (Triassic of South Africa)

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