Biology:Pamphilioidea

Short description: Superfamily of sawflies

Pamphilioidea Temporal range: Cretaceous-Present PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Acantholyda nemoralis (Pamphiliidae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Symphyta
Superfamily:	Pamphilioidea Cameron, 1890
Families
Megalodontesidae Konow, 1897 Pamphiliidae Cameron, 1890 †Mirolydidae Wang, Rasnitsyn & Ren, 2017 †Xyelydidae Rasnitsyn, 1986
Synonyms
Megalodontoidea Konow, 1897

Caenolyda reticulata

The Pamphilioidea 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 contains two extant families. The Pamphiliidae are the leaf-rolling or web-spinning sawflies such as Acantholyda, Neurotoma, and Pamphilius whose larvae eat plants such as conifers; the adults have simple filiform antennae. The Megalodontesidae include genera such as Megalodontes and several fossil groups. Their larvae eat herbaceous plants, while the adults have serrate or pectinate antennae.

Bibliography

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• Rasnitsyn, Alexandr P.; Zhang, Haichun & Wang, Bo (2006): Bizarre fossil insects: web-spinning sawflies of the genus Ferganolyda (Vespida, Pamphilioidea) from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China. Palaeontology 49(4): 907-916. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00574.x PDF fulltext
• Wang, Mei; Rasnitsyn, Alexandr P.; Li, Hu; Shih, Chungkun; Sharkey, Michael J.; Ren, Dong (June 2016). "Phylogenetic analyses elucidate the inter-relationships of Pamphilioidea (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)". Cladistics 32 (3): 239–260. doi:10.1111/cla.12129. PMID 34736302. 
• Wang, M.; Rasnitsyn, A.P.; Yang, Z.; Shih, C.; Wang, B.; Ren, D. (2017). "Mirolydidae, a new family of Jurassic pamphilioid sawfly (Hymenoptera) highlighting mosaic evolution of lower Hymenoptera". Scientific Reports 7: 43944. doi:10.1038/srep43944. PMID 28266631. 

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