Megaxyela

Megaxyela

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Xyeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Symphyta Superfamilia: Xyeloidea

Familia: Xyelidae
Subfamilia: Macroxyelinae
Tribus: Macroxyelini
Genus: Megaxyela
Species: M. alisonae – M. aviingrata – M. bicoloripes – M. gigantea – M. major – M. parki – M. togashii – M. tricolor – †M. petrefacta – †M. yaoshanica

Name

Megaxyela Ashmead in Dyar, 1898: 214

Type species: Xyela major Cresson, 1880, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Odontophyes Konow, 1899: 41
  • Type species: Pleuroneura aviingrata Dyar, 1898, by monotypy.
• Megaloxyela Schulz, 1906: 88 [Name for Megaxyela Ashmead, 1898.]
• Paraxyela MacGillivray, 1912: 294
  • Type species: Xyela tricolor Norton, 1862, by original designation.

References

Additional references

• Shinohara, A., Hara, H., Kramp, K., Blank, S.M. & Kameda, Y. 2017. Bird droppings on chestnut leaves or sawfly larvae: DNA barcodes verify the occurrence of the archaic Megaxyela togashii (Hymenoptera, Xyelidae) in Hokkaido, Japan. Zootaxa 4221(2): 220–232. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4221.2.6. Reference page. 
• Taeger, A., Blank, S.M. & Liston, A.D. 2010. World catalog of Symphyta (Hymenoptera). Zootaxa 2580: 1–1064. Preview (PDF). DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2580.1.1 . Reference page. 

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Megaxyela – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Megaxyela.
• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus