Family Megalodontesidae Konow 1897 (sawfly)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megalodontesidae
Synonyms: Praesiricidae Rasnitsyn 1968, Praesiricinae Rasnitsyn 1968
Parent taxon: Pamphilioidea according to T. P. Gao et al. 2016
See also Blank et al. 2009, Carpenter 1992, Rasnitsyn 1968, Rasnitsyn 1983, Taeger et al. 2010, Wang et al. 2016, Wang et al. 2013, Wang et al. 2015 and Wang et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Mirolydidae, Pamphiliidae, Prolyda, Xyelydidae
Subtaxa: Archoxyelydinae Decorisiricinae Jibaissodes Megalodontesinae Praesiricinae Sinosepulca
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (8 collections), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (2)
• Jurassic of China (1), Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 13 collections including 24 occurrences