Megalodontes

Megalodontes
Megalodontes sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Superfamily: Megalodontesoidea
Family: Megalodontesidae
Subfamily: Megalodontinae
Genus: Megalodontes
Latreille, 1802
Synonyms
  • Melanopus Konow, 1897

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.

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