''Megaxyela'' is a genus of sawflies in the family
Xyelidae
The Xyelidae are a comparatively species-poor family of sawflies, comprising about 80 extant species in five genera worldwide, and is the only family in the superfamily Xyeloidea. The fossil record of the family is extensive, comprising more than ...
. There are about 13 described species in ''Megaxyela'', found in the eastern
Nearctic
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.
The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...
and in the southeastern part of
East Asia
East Asia is a geocultural region of Asia. It includes China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan, plus two special administrative regions of China, Hong Kong and Macau. The economies of Economy of China, China, Economy of Ja ...
. Two fossil species have been discovered, in Colorado and Shandong, China.
''Megaxyela'' are external feeders of trees in the walnut family, Juglandaceae.
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Species
These 13 species belong to the genus ''Megaxyela'':[
* '' Megaxyela bicoloripes'' (Rohwer, 1924)
* '' Megaxyela euchroma'' Blank, Shinohara & Wei, 2017
* '' Megaxyela fulvago'' Blank, Shinohara & Wei, 2017
* '' Megaxyela gigantea'' Mocsáry, 1909
* '' Megaxyela inversa'' Blank & D.R. Smith, 2017
* '' Megaxyela langstoni'' Ross, 1936, 2017
* '' Megaxyela major'' (Cresson, 1880)
* '' Megaxyela parki'' Shinohara, 1992
* '' Megaxyela pulchra'' Blank, Shinohara & Sundukov, 2017
* '' Megaxyela togashii'' Shinohara, 1992
* '' Megaxyela tricolor'' (Norton, 1862)
* † '' Megaxyela petrefacta'' Brues, 1908
* † '' Megaxyela yaoshanica'' Zhang, 1989
]
References
Sawflies
Sawfly genera
Taxa named by William Harris Ashmead
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