Megalodontoidea

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Megalodontoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Superfamily: Megalodontoidea
Families

Megalodontesidae
Pamphiliidae

The Megalodontoidea are a small superfamily within the Symphyta, containing some 250 species restricted to the temperate regions of Eurasia and North America.

The two included families share the distinctive feature of a very large, almost prognathous head, which is widest ventrally.