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 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 (Klug, 1824) Megalodontes gratiosus (Mocsáry, 1881) Megalodontes krausi Taeger, 1998 Megalodontes laticeps Konow, 1897 Megalodontes medius Konow, 1897 Megalodontes merceti Konow, 1904 Megalodontes mocsaryi (Ed. André, 1881) Megalodontes mundus Konow, 1904 Megalodontes panzeri (Leach, 1817) Megalodontes phaenicius (Lepeletier, 1823) Megalodontes plagiocephalus (Fabricius, 1804) Megalodontes scythicus Zhelochovtsev, 1988 Megalodontes spiraeae (Klug, 1824) Megalodontes thor Taeger, 2002 Megalodontes turcicus (Mocsáry, 1881)
References
Biolib Naturspaziergang Aramel.free.fr 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.