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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Symphyta
Superfamilia: Pamphilioidea
Familia: Megalodontesidae
Genus: Megalodontes
Species: M. cephalotes – M. klugi – M. plagiocephalus – M. spissicornis
Name
Megalodontes Latreille, 1802

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

Megalodontes bucephalus (Klug, 1824)
Megalodontes capitalatus Konow, 1904
Megalodontes cephalotes (Fabricius, 1781)
Megalodontes dusmeti Enslin, 1914
Megalodontes eversmanni (Freymuth, 1870)
Megalodontes fabricii (Leach, 1817)
Megalodontes flabellicornis (Germar, 1825)
Megalodontes flavicornis (Klug, 1824)
Megalodontes gratiosus (Mocsáry, 1881)
Megalodontes krausi Taeger, 1998
Megalodontes laticeps Konow, 1897
Megalodontes medius Konow, 1897
Megalodontes merceti Konow, 1904
Megalodontes mocsaryi (Ed. André, 1881)
Megalodontes mundus Konow, 1904
Megalodontes panzeri (Leach, 1817)
Megalodontes phaenicius (Lepeletier, 1823)
Megalodontes plagiocephalus (Fabricius, 1804)
Megalodontes scythicus Zhelochovtsev, 1988
Megalodontes spiraeae (Klug, 1824)
Megalodontes thor Taeger, 2002
Megalodontes turcicus (Mocsáry, 1881)

References

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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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