Megaxyela Ashmead 1898 (sawfly)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelidae
Full reference: W. H. Ashmead. 1898. Table of genera of Xyelidae, in Description of an unusual saw-fly larva belonging to the Xyelinae. Psyche 8:212-214
Parent taxon: Macroxyelini according to A. P. Rasnitsyn 1969
See also Ashmead 1898, Carpenter 1992, Hong 1984, Taeger et al. 2010 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Anthoxyela, Brachyoxyela, Chionoxyela, Paleoxyela
Subtaxa: Megaxyela petrefacta Megaxyela yaoshanica
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (1 collection)
• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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