''Megalodontes'' is a genus of sawflies within the

Symphyta Sawflies are the insects of the suborder Symphyta within the order Hymenoptera, alongside ants, bees, and wasps. The common name comes from the saw-like appearance of the ovipositor, which the females use to cut into the plants where they lay ...

belonging to the family

Megalodontesidae The Megalodontesidae (until recently spelled Megalodontidae, a name already in use for a family of fossil molluscs) are a small family of sawfly, sawflies, containing a single living genus, ''Megalodontes'', with some 40 species restricted to the ...

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.

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 ''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 stripe ...

'' (Klug, 1824) * '' Megalodontes gratiosus'' (Mocsáry, 1881) * ''

Megalodontes krausi ''Megalodontes'' is a genus of sawflies within the Symphyta belonging to the family Megalodontesidae The Megalodontesidae (until recently spelled Megalodontidae, a name already in use for a family of fossil molluscs) are a small family of saw ...

'' Taeger, 1998 * ''

Megalodontes laticeps ''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 stripe ...

'' Konow, 1897 * ''

Megalodontes medius ''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 stripe ...

'' Konow, 1897 * ''

Megalodontes merceti ''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 stripe ...

'' Konow, 1904 * ''

Megalodontes mocsaryi ''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 stripe ...

'' (Ed. André, 1881) * ''

Megalodontes mundus ''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 stripe ...

'' Konow, 1904 * ''

Megalodontes panzeri ''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 stripe ...

'' (Leach, 1817) * ''

Megalodontes phaenicius ''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 stripe ...

'' (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. Sawfly genera Sawflies Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille {{sawfly-stub