Pamphilioidea

Pamphilioidea
Temporal range: Cretaceous-Present
Acantholyda nemoralis (Pamphiliidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Pamphilioidea
Cameron, 1890
Families

Megalodontesidae Konow, 1897
Pamphiliidae Cameron, 1890
Xyelydidae Rasnitsyn, 1986

Synonyms

Megalodontoidea Konow, 1897

The Pamphilioidea (formerly Megalodontoidea) are a small superfamily within the Symphyta (the sawflies), containing some 250 living species restricted to the temperate regions of Eurasia and North America. These hymenopterans share the distinctive feature of a very large, almost prognathous head, which is widest ventrally. The superfamily consists of two extant families.[1]

References

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