Tribe Macroxyelini Ashmead 1898 (sawfly)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelidae
Full reference: W. H. Ashmead. 1898. Classification of the horntails and sawflies, or the sub-order Phytophaga (Paper No. 3). The Canadian Entomologist 30:205-213
Parent taxon: Macroxyelinae according to C. Jouault et al. 2021
See also Rasnitsyn 1966 and Rasnitsyn 1982
Sister taxa: Angaridyelini, Bolboxyela, Ceroxyelini, Gigantoxyelini, Xyeleciini
Subtaxa: Anthoxyela Brachyoxyela Chionoxyela Megaxyela Paleoxyela
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (1 collection)
• Eocene of United States (4: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of China (3), the Russian Federation (4)
Total: 12 collections including 15 occurrences