Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Sawflies, ' Symphyta'
Author
Liston, Andrew D.
Author
Knight, Guy T.
Author
Sheppard, David A.
Author
Broad, Gavin R.
Author
Livermore, Laurence
text
Biodiversity Data Journal
2014
2
1168
1168
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1168
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1168
1314-2828-2-1168
Megalodontes Latreille, 1802
TARPA
Fabricius, 1804
Notes
If any member of this genus was ever present in England, then only
Megalodontes cephalotes
seems at all likely: according to
Leach (1817)
and
Stephens (1835)
, found near Bristol and Plymouth. See
Taeger (2002)
for current taxonomy. of the genus.
Species of
Megalodontes
removed from the British and Irish list:
[
Megalodontes panzeri
(Leach, 1817),
Megalodontes plagiocephalus
(Fabricius, 1804)] Up to three separate
Megalodontes
species have at times been considered to have been present in England. Neither
Megalodontes panzeri
nor
Megalodontes plagiocephalus
, on the basis of their currently known distributions and habitat requirements, probably ever occurred in the British Isles.