Megaxyela is a genus of sawflies in the family Xyelidae. There are about 13 described species in Megaxyela, found in the eastern Nearctic and in the southeastern part of East Asia. Two fossil species have been discovered, in Colorado and Shandong, China.
Megaxyela are external feeders of trees in the walnut family, Juglandaceae.
Species
These 13 species belong to the genus Megaxyela:
- Megaxyela bicoloripes <small>(Rohwer, 1924)</small>
- Megaxyela euchroma <small>Blank, Shinohara & Wei, 2017</small>
- Megaxyela fulvago <small>Blank, Shinohara & Wei, 2017</small>
- Megaxyela gigantea <small>Mocsáry, 1909</small>
- Megaxyela inversa <small>Blank & D.R. Smith, 2017</small>
- Megaxyela langstoni <small>Ross, 1936, 2017</small>
- Megaxyela major <small>(Cresson, 1880)</small>
- Megaxyela parki <small>Shinohara, 1992</small>
- Megaxyela pulchra <small>Blank, Shinohara & Sundukov, 2017</small>
- Megaxyela togashii <small>Shinohara, 1992</small>
- Megaxyela tricolor <small>(Norton, 1862)</small>
- â Megaxyela petrefacta <small>Brues, 1908</small>
- â Megaxyela yaoshanica <small>Zhang, 1989</small>
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