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Megallica

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megalyridae

Taxonomy
Megallica was named by Perrichot (2009). Its type is Megallica parva. It is the type genus of Megallicini.

It was assigned to Megalyridae by Perrichot (2009); and to Megallicini by Brazidec et al. (2024).

Species
M. parva (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Megallica Perrichot p. 28
2024Megallica Brazidec et al. p. 170

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
superfamilyMegalyroidea
familyMegalyridae
subfamilyMegalyrinae
tribeMegallicini
genusMegallica

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Megallica Perrichot 2009
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Megallica parva Perrichot 2009
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 105.30000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France (Poitou-Charentes) M. parva (99114)