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Megapteritinae
Taxonomy
Megapteritinae was named by Maa (1949). Its type is Megapterites.
It was reranked as the family Megapteritidae by Rasnitsyn (1968); it was synonymized subjectively with Myrmiciidae by Rasnitsyn (1969); it was synonymized subjectively with Pseudosiricidae by Carpenter (1992); it was synonymized subjectively with Formiciinae by Blank et al. (2009).
It was assigned to Symphyta by Rasnitsyn (1968); and to Siricidae by Maa (1949) and Schiff et al. (2012).
It was reranked as the family Megapteritidae by Rasnitsyn (1968); it was synonymized subjectively with Myrmiciidae by Rasnitsyn (1969); it was synonymized subjectively with Pseudosiricidae by Carpenter (1992); it was synonymized subjectively with Formiciinae by Blank et al. (2009).
It was assigned to Symphyta by Rasnitsyn (1968); and to Siricidae by Maa (1949) and Schiff et al. (2012).
Subtaxa
Megapterites (type genus), Shurabica
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1949 | Megapteritinae Maa p. 77 |
| 1968 | Megapteritidae Rasnitsyn p. 217 |
| 2012 | Megapteritinae Schiff et al. p. 111 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available