†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

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Type: Megapterites

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bagshot Beds, Bournemouth (BMNH) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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