Megalodontes

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Megalodontes
Megalodontesidae - Megalodontes sp..JPG
Megalodontes sp.
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Megalodontes

Latreille, 1802
Synonyms
  • Melanopus Konow, 1897

Megalodontes is a genus of sawflies within the Symphyta belonging to the family Megalodontesidae subfamily .

Description[]

Megalodontes species are quite rare sawflies with a shiny black body and narrow pale yellow stripes on the abdomen. The head is large, the antennae are pectinate and the wings are reddish. These species are restricted to the temperate regions of Eurasia.

Species[]

  • (Klug, 1824)
  • Konow, 1904
  • Megalodontes cephalotes (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Enslin, 1914
  • (Freymuth, 1870)
  • (Leach, 1817)
  • (Germar, 1825)
  • (Klug, 1824)
  • (Mocsáry, 1881)
  • Taeger, 1998
  • Konow, 1897
  • Konow, 1897
  • Konow, 1904
  • (Ed. André, 1881)
  • Konow, 1904
  • (Leach, 1817)
  • (Lepeletier, 1823)
  • (Fabricius, 1804)
  • Zhelochovtsev, 1988
  • (Klug, 1824)
  • Taeger, 2002
  • (Mocsáry, 1881)

References[]

  • Biolib
  • Naturspaziergang
  • Aramel.free.fr
  • R.B. Benson: Handbook for the identification of British insects. Vol IV: Hymenoptera. 2. Symphyta Section a. Published by the Royal Entomological Society of London, 1951.


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