†subfamily Megapteritinae Maa 1949 (horntail)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Siricidae
Alternative spelling: Megapteritidae
Full reference: T. Maa. 1949. A synopsis of Asiatic Siricoidea with notes on certain exotic and fossil forms (Hymenoptera Symphyta). Notes d'Entomologie Chinoise 13(2):11-189
Parent taxon: Siricidae according to N. M. Schiff et al. 2012
See also Blank et al. 2009, Carpenter 1992, Maa 1949, Rasnitsyn 1968 and Rasnitsyn 1969
Sister taxa: Auliscinae, Cratosiricinae, Cretosirex, Emanrisca, Eoteredon, Gigasiricinae, Siricinae, Tremecinae
Subtaxa: Megapterites Shurabica
Type: Megapterites
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bagshot Beds, Bournemouth (BMNH) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)