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Xyelidae (sawfly)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Xyelidae Newman p. 408
1937Xyelidae Martynov p. 41
1955Xyelidae Riek p. 656
1984Xyelidae Hong p. 7
1989Xyelidae Zhang p. 211
1992Xyelidae Carpenter
2000Xyelidae Schlüter p. 76
2000Xyelidae Zhang and Zhang p. 477
2007Xyelidae Sharkey
2009Xyelidae Gao et al. p. 53
2010Xyelidae Taeger et al. p. 666
2012Xyelidae Wang et al. p. 84
2014Xyelidae Kopylov p. 611
2014Xyelidae Lara et al. p. 186
2014Xyelidae Wang et al. p. 1028
2019Xyelidae Wang et al. p. 1027
2021Xyelidae Zheng et al. p. 148
2022Xyelidae Dai et al. p. 5
2023Xyelidae Denisova et al. p. 96

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
superfamilyXyeloidea
familyXyelidae
familyXyelidae

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.

Fm. Xyelidae Newman 1834 [sawfly]
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Subfm. †Archexyelinae Rasnitsyn 1964
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G. †Archexyela Riek 1955
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†Archexyela crosbyi Riek 1955
G. †Asioxyela Rasnitsyn 1964
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†Asioxyela grandipennis Rasnitsyn 1964
†Asioxyela parvula Rasnitsyn 1964
†Asioxyela paurura Rasnitsyn 1969
†Asioxyela smilodon Rasnitsyn 1964
G. †Dinoxyela Rasnitsyn 1969
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†Dinoxyela armata Rasnitsyn 1969
G. †Euryxyela Rasnitsyn 1964
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†Euryxyela euryptera Rasnitsyn 1964
G. †Ferganoxyela Rasnitsyn 1969
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†Ferganoxyela destructa Rasnitsyn 1969
†Ferganoxyela sogdiana Rasnitsyn 1969
G. †Leioxyela Rasnitsyn 1969
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†Leioxyela antiqua Rasnitsyn 1964
†Leioxyela grandis Rasnitsyn 1969
†Leioxyela lata Rasnitsyn 1964
†Leioxyela mitis Rasnitsyn 1969
†Leioxyela mollis Rasnitsyn 1969
G. †Lithoxyela Rasnitsyn 1969
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†Lithoxyela fenestralis Rasnitsyn 1969
G. †Madygenius Rasnitsyn 1969
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†Madygenius extraradius Rasnitsyn 1969
†Madygenius primitivus Rasnitsyn 1969
G. †Microxyela Denisova et al. 2023
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†Microxyela minuta Denisova et al. 2023
G. †Moltenia Schlüter 2000
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†Moltenia rieki Schlüter 2000
G. †Oryctoxyela Rasnitsyn 1969
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†Oryctoxyela anomala Rasnitsyn 1969
†Oryctoxyela triassica Rasnitsyn 1969
G. †Triassoxyela Rasnitsyn 1964
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†Triassoxyela foveolata Rasnitsyn 1964
†Triassoxyela kirgizica Rasnitsyn 1964
†Triassoxyela orycta Rasnitsyn 1969
†Triassoxyela sharovi Denisova et al. 2023
G. †Xaxexis Pagliano and Scaramozzino 1990
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†Xaxexis longhuaensis Hong 1984
Invalid names: Euryxyela Hong 1984 [replaced]
G. †Xiphoxyela Rasnitsyn 1969
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†Xiphoxyela procrusta Rasnitsyn 1969
†Xiphoxyela striata Rasnitsyn 1964
G. †Xyelinus Rasnitsyn 1964
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†Xyelinus angustiradius Rasnitsyn 1964
†Xyelinus majus Rasnitsyn 1969
†Xyelinus scherbachov Denisova et al. 2023
Subfm. †Daohugoinae Rasnitsyn and Zhang 2004
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G. †Daohugoa Rasnitsyn and Zhang 2004
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†Daohugoa bella Wang et al. 2019
†Daohugoa longa Wang et al. 2019
†Daohugoa tobiasi Rasnitsyn and Zhang 2004
Subfm. Macroxyelinae Ashmead 1898
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Tr. †Angaridyelini Rasnitsyn 1966
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G. †Angaridyela Rasnitsyn 1966
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†Angaridyela endemica Zhang and Zhang 2000
†Angaridyela exculpta Zhang and Zhang 2000
†Angaridyela minor Rasnitsyn 1966
†Angaridyela pallipes Rasnitsyn 1966
†Angaridyela robusta Zhang and Zhang 2000
†Angaridyela suspecta Zhang and Zhang 2000
†Angaridyela vitimica Rasnitsyn 1966
G. †Baissoxyela Rasnitsyn 1969
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†Baissoxyela tarsalis Rasnitsyn 1969
G. †Ceratoxyela Zhang and Zhang 2000
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†Ceratoxyela decorosa Zhang and Zhang 2000
G. †Evacuxyela Dai et al. 2022
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†Evacuxyela conflata Dai et al. 2022
†Evacuxyela hsiaoae Dai et al. 2022
G. †Leptoxyela Dai et al. 2022
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†Leptoxyela eximia Dai et al. 2022
G. †Lethoxyela Zhang and Zhang 2000
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†Lethoxyela excurva Zhang and Zhang 2000
†Lethoxyela vulgata Zhang and Zhang 2000
G. †Liaoxyela Zhang and Zhang 2000
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†Liaoxyela antiqua Zhang and Zhang 2000
G. †Nigrimonticola Rasnitsyn 1966
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†Nigrimonticola longicornis Rasnitsyn 1966
G. †Ophthalmoxyela Rasnitsyn 1966
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†Ophthalmoxyela brachyura Rasnitsyn 1966
G. †Bolboxyela Rasnitsyn 1990
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†Bolboxyela bolboica Rasnitsyn 1990
Tr. †Ceroxyelini Rasnitsyn 1966
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G. †Ceroxyela Rasnitsyn 1966
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†Ceroxyela dolichocera Rasnitsyn 1966
G. †Isoxyela Zhang and Zhang 2000
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†Isoxyela rudis Zhang and Zhang 2000
G. †Sinoxyela Zhang and Zhang 2000
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†Sinoxyela viriosa Zhang and Zhang 2000
Tr. †Gigantoxyelini Rasnitsyn 1969
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G. †Abrotoxyela Gao et al. 2009
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†Abrotoxyela curva Zheng et al. 2020
†Abrotoxyela lepida Gao et al. 2009
†Abrotoxyela multiciliata Gao et al. 2009
G. †Chaetoxyela Rasnitsyn 1966
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†Chaetoxyela hirsuta Rasnitsyn 1966
G. †Gigantoxyela Rasnitsyn 1966
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†Gigantoxyela quadrifurcata Rasnitsyn 1966
G. †Heteroxyela Zhang and Zhang 2000
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†Heteroxyela ignota Zhang and Zhang 2000
G. †Magnaxyela Zheng et al. 2020
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†Magnaxyela rara Zheng et al. 2020
G. †Shartexyela Rasnitsyn 2008
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†Shartexyela mongolica Rasnitsyn 2008
Tr. Macroxyelini Ashmead 1898
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G. †Anthoxyela Rasnitsyn 1977
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†Anthoxyela anthophaga Rasnitsyn 1982
†Anthoxyela baissensis Rasnitsyn 1977
†Anthoxyela orientalis Gao and Ren 2008
†Anthoxyela turgensis Rasnitsyn 1990
G. †Brachyoxyela Gao et al. 2011
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†Brachyoxyela brevinodia Gao et al. 2011
†Brachyoxyela conjunctiva Dai et al. 2022
†Brachyoxyela elliptica Dai et al. 2022
†Brachyoxyela gracilenta Gao et al. 2011
†Brachyoxyela leei Dai et al. 2022
G. †Chionoxyela Rasnitsyn 1993
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†Chionoxyela nivea Rasnitsyn 1993
G. Megaxyela Ashmead 1898
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†Megaxyela petrefacta Brues 1908
†Megaxyela yaoshanica Zhang 1989
G. †Paleoxyela Jouault et al. 2021
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†Paleoxyela nearctica Jouault et al. 2021
Tr. Xyeleciini Benson 1945
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G. †Microxyelecia Rasnitsyn 1969
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†Microxyelecia brachycera Rasnitsyn 1969
G. †Proxyelia Jouault et al. 2021
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†Proxyelia pankowskii Jouault et al. 2021
G. †Scleroxyela Zheng et al. 2021
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†Scleroxyela cephalota Dai et al. 2022
†Scleroxyela daohugouensis Zheng et al. 2021
G. †Uroxyela Rasnitsyn 1966
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†Uroxyela sicicauda Rasnitsyn 1966
G. Xyelecia Ross 1932
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G. †Xyelites Rasnitsyn 1966
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†Xyelites lingyuanensis Zhang and Zhang 2000
†Xyelites trigeminus Rasnitsyn 1966
Subfm. †Madygellinae Rasnitsyn 1969
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G. †Chubakka Kopylov 2014
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†Chubakka madygensis Kopylov 2014
G. †Madygella Rasnitsyn 1969
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†Madygella analoga Rasnitsyn 1969
†Madygella aristovi Kopylov 2014
†Madygella bashkuevi Kopylov 2014
†Madygella fujiyamai Oyama et al. 2025
†Madygella humioi Oyama and Maeda 2020
†Madygella kurochkini Kopylov 2014
†Madygella levivenosa Kopylov 2014
G. †Ominexyela Oyama et al. 2025
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†Ominexyela ishidai Oyama et al. 2025
G. †Samarkandykia Kopylov 2014
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†Samarkandykia haradai Oyama et al. 2025
†Samarkandykia noharai Oyama et al. 2025
†Samarkandykia ryzhkovae Kopylov 2014
†Samarkandykia shmakovi Kopylov 2014
G. †Sirecomima Rasnitsyn 1969
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†Sirecomima xiphophora Rasnitsyn 1969
Subfm. Xyelinae Newman 1834
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G. †Aequixyela Wang et al. 2014
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†Aequixyela immensa Wang et al. 2014
Tr. †Liadoxyelini Rasnitsyn 1966
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G. †Anomoxyela Rasnitsyn 1966
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†Anomoxyela incerta Rasnitsyn 1963
G. †Cathayxyela Wang et al. 2014
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†Cathayxyela extensa Wang et al. 2014
G. †Kirghizoxyela Rasnitsyn 1966
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†Kirghizoxyela mirabilis Rasnitsyn 1966
G. †Liadoxyela Martynov 1937
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†Liadoxyela buriatica Rasnitsyn 1983
†Liadoxyela iensis Rasnitsyn 1969
†Liadoxyela praecox Martynov 1937
G. †Lydoxyela Rasnitsyn 1966
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†Lydoxyela excellens Rasnitsyn 1966
G. †Novoxyela Zheng et al. 2023
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†Novoxyela bella Zheng et al. 2023
G. †Orthoxyela Rasnitsyn 1983
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†Orthoxyela rectiradiata Rasnitsyn 1983
G. †Platyxyela Wang et al. 2012
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†Platyxyela elegans Zheng et al. 2023
†Platyxyela tenuis Zheng et al. 2021
†Platyxyela unica Wang et al. 2012
G. †Potrerilloxyela Lara et al. 2014
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†Potrerilloxyela menendezi Lara et al. 2014
G. Pleuroneura Konow 1897
Tr. Xyelini Newman 1834
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G. †Enneoxyela Rasnitsyn 1966
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†Enneoxyela cenozoica Zhang 1989
†Enneoxyela compressicauda Rasnitsyn 1966
†Enneoxyela crassicauda Rasnitsyn 1966
†Enneoxyela karatavica Rasnitsyn 1965
G. †Eoxyela Rasnitsyn 1965
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†Eoxyela atra Rasnitsyn 1966
†Eoxyela punctata Rasnitsyn 1965
†Eoxyela scoliura Rasnitsyn 1965
†Eoxyela sibirica Rasnitsyn 1969
†Eoxyela tugnuica Rasnitsyn 1983
G. †Spathoxyela Rasnitsyn 1969
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†Spathoxyela fossilis Rasnitsyn 1965
†Spathoxyela pinicola Rasnitsyn 1982
G. Xyela Dalman 1819
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Subg. †Xyela (Mesoxyela) Rasnitsyn 1965
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†Xyela (Mesoxyela) mesozoica Rasnitsyn 1965
Subg. Xyela (Pinicolites) Meunier 1920
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Subg. Xyela (Xyela) Dalman 1819
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Xyela (Xyela) julii Brébisson 1818
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Invalid names: Xyela (Xyela) angustipennis Statz 1936 [synonym]
†Xyela (Xyela) magna Statz 1936
†Xyela (Xyela) micrura Rasnitsyn 1995
Invalid names: Pinicola Brébisson 1818 [synonym]
G. †Xyelisca Rasnitsyn 1969
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†Xyelisca leptopoda Rasnitsyn 1969
G. †Yanoxyela Ren 1995
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†Yanoxyela hongi Ren 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Burdigalian or 242.00000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 237.0 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Kyrgyzstan (Osh) Madygella kurochkini, Chubakka madygensis (163987) Oryctoxyela anomala, Madygenius primitivus, Ferganoxyela sogdiana, Ferganoxyela destructa, Triassoxyela orycta (106088) Triassoxyela foveolata (113468) Triassoxyela striata, Triassoxyela orycta, Asioxyela parvula, Triassoxyela kirgizica, Triassoxyela grandipennis, Asioxyela smilodon, Asioxyela antiqua, Euryxyela euryptera, Euryxyela lata, Xyelinus angustiradius (106090) Xyelidae indet., Ferganoxyela sp., Ferganoxyela destructa, Madygella levivenosa, Madygella aristovi, Madygella bashkuevi, Samarkandykia ryzhkovae, Samarkandykia shmakovi, Xyelinus scherbachov, Triassoxyela sharovi, Microxyela minuta (163986) Xyelinus majus, Lithoxyela fenestralis, Oryctoxyela triassica, Madygenius extraradius, Xiphoxyela procrusta, Dinoxyela armata, Asioxyela paurura, Leioxyela mollis, Leioxyela mitis, Leioxyela grandis, Madygella analoga (110763)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan (Yamaguchi) Madygella humioi (106482)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Argentina Potrerilloxyela menendezi (151962)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan Madygella sp., Samarkandykia sp., Madygella fujiyamai, Samarkandykia noharai, Ominexyela ishidai (230243) Samarkandykia haradai (238984)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa (Eastern Cape) Moltenia rieki (23142)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Australia (Queensland) Archexyela crosbyi (106484) Archexyela ipswichensis (156521)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Kyrgyzstan (Tonskiy) Kirghizoxyela mirabilis (105087)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Kyrgyzstan Liadoxyela praecox (114701)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Russian Federation (Irkutsk) Liadoxyela iensis (104995)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Hebei) Xyela hongi (107000)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Abrotoxyela lepida, Abrotoxyela multiciliata (113362) Daohugoa tobiasi, Daohugoa bella, Abrotoxyela curva, Magnaxyela rara, Platyxyela tenuis, Scleroxyela daohugouensis, Novoxyela bella, Platyxyela elegans (113371) Platyxyela unica, Cathayxyela extensa, Aequixyela immensa, Daohugoa longa, Daohugoa bella (138748) Scleroxyela cephalota, Evacuxyela conflata, Evacuxyela hsiaoae (223272)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Anaxyela incerta (122330) Eoxyela atra, Enneoxyela crassicauda, Enneoxyela compressicauda (106101) Lydoxyela excellens (106102) Nigrimonticola longicornis, Eoxyela scoliura, Eoxyela karatavica, Eoxyela punctata (105971) Ophthalmoxyela brachyura (114238) Sirecomima xiphophora, Microxyelecia brachycera (113439)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Russian Federation Xyelisca leptopoda (123219)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Russian Federation (Buryatia) Liadoxyela buriatica (123195)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Russian Federation (Buryat) Eoxyela tugnuica, Orthoxyela rectiradiata (105017)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Mongolia Shartexyela mongolica (121393)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Russian Federation Bolboxyela bolboica (150500)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4China (Nei Mongol) Brachyoxyela elliptica (226075)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Hebei) Euryxyela longhuaensis (155171) Liadoxyela chengdeensis (107001)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Angaridyela robusta, Angaridyela exculpta, Angaridyela suspecta, Angaridyela endemica, Lethoxyela excurva, Lethoxyela vulgata, Ceratoxyela decorosa, Liaoxyela antiqua, Heteroxyela ignota, Sinoxyela viriosa, Isoxyela rudis (111725) Anthoxyela orientalis, Brachyoxyela brevinodia, Brachyoxyela gracilenta (111714) Leptoxyela eximia, Brachyoxyela conjunctiva, Brachyoxyela leei (225018) Xyelites lingyuanensis (156389)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Anthoxyela baissensis (105969) Baissoxyela tarsalis, Chaetoxyela hirsuta (113403) Eoxyela sibirica, Eoxyela fossilis, Angaridyela vitimica, Angaridyela minor, Angaridyela pallipes, Ceroxyela dolichocera, Gigantoxyela quadrifurcata, Xyelites trigeminus, Uroxyela sicicauda, Xyela mesozoica (105536) Spathoxyela pinicola, Anthoxyela anthophaga (122549)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Russian Federation (Chita) Anthoxyela turgensis (119499)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Russian Federation (Khabarovsk) Chionoxyela nivea (138067)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Proxyelia pankowskii (123379)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Megaxyela petrefacta (106379 106384 124527) Paleoxyela nearctica (127617) Xyela florissantensis (124624)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Pinicolites graciosus (138696)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Xyela latipennis, Xyela angustipennis, Xyela julii, Xyela micrura, Xyela magna, Pleuroneura graciosa, Xyela menelaus (122010)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Megaxyela xiejiaheensis (128550) Xyela cenozoica, Megaxyela yaoshanica (128551)