†Megaxyela petrefacta Brues 1908 (sawfly)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelidae
Full reference: C. T. Brues. 1908. New Phytophagous Hymenoptera from the Tertiary of Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 51(10):259-276
Belongs to Megaxyela according to A. Taeger et al. 2010
See also Brues 1908 and Zhelochovtzev and Rasnitsyn 1972
Sister taxon: Megaxyela yaoshanica
Type specimen: MCZ 2049, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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