Subfamily Megalyrinae Schletterer 1889
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megalyridae
Alternative spelling: Megalyrini
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: Megalyridae according to M. Brazidec et al. 2024
See also Perrichot 2009 and Rasnitsyn 1977
Sister taxa: Cleistogastrinae, Dinapsini, Megazarinae
Subtaxa: Kamyristiini Megallicini Megalyrini Valaaini
Type: Megalyra
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (1 collection), Germany (2), the Russian Federation (6), Ukraine (3)
• Cretaceous of Azerbaijan (1), France (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1)
Total: 17 collections including 29 occurrences