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Megalodontes
Sign in to saveMegalodontes is a genus of sawflies within the Symphyta belonging to the family Megalodontesidae subfamily Megalodontesinae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyMegalodontesidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Megalodontesidae
- Collections
- INHS, MNHN, USNM, MZLU, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Switzerland, Maroc, Turquie, Russia, Romania, France, Spain, Afghanistan
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Megalodontes is a genus of sawflies within the Symphyta belonging to the family Megalodontesidae subfamily Megalodontesinae.
==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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Megalodontes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.