Big and beautiful: the Megaxyela species (Hymenoptera, Xyelidae) of East Asia and North America Author Stephan M. Blank Author Katja Kramp Author David R. Smith Author Yuri N. Sundukov Author Meicai Wei Author Akihiko Shinohara text European Journal of Taxonomy 2017 2017-09-05 348 1 46 journal article 31611 10.5852/ejt.2017.348 e6b25548-6721-4e1e-a68e-663c949b3306 2118-9773 1042663 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:56D8BC29-3C29-4EE8-8633-B997784CA00A Megaxyela major ( Cresson, 1880 ) Fig. 7G–K Xyela major Cresson, 1880 : 34 ( ♀ , type locality: USA , Texas ). Odontophyes ferruginea Bridwell, 1906 : 94 (♀, type locality: USA, Kansas, Baldwin). Megaxyela major – Ashmead in Dyar 1898a : 214 (combination). ― Smith & Schiff 1998 : 638–639 (key), 644–648 (description, distribution, hosts, references; including data of M. langstoni ), figs 4, 7, 18–19, 33. Odontophyes ferruginea – Ross 1932 : 162 (synonymy with M. major ). Type material USA : ♀ , lectotype of Xyela major (designated by Cresson 1916 ): “ Texas , ( Belfrage )” ( Cresson 1880 ) ( ANSP , Type No. 330), studied by Smith & Schiff (1998: 646) . Cresson (1880) described the abdomen as “blackish-brown above”. He did not refer to the pterostigma but noted “nervures ferruginous” . Paralectotype ♂ (here studied): “Tex.”; “12.”; [blue:] “Para-Type 530.2”; “ Megaxyela major (Cresson) Det. D. Burdick ‘54”; “ DEI-GISHYM 30823 ”; ANSP . Fragments of fore legs glued to label, head glued to specimen, left antennal filament missing ( Fig. 7G–H ). USA : ♀ , holotype of Odontophyes ferruginea : [red:] “Type ♀ Odontophyes ferruginea J. C. Bridwell”; [red:] “ Odontophyes ferruginea Brid., ♀ TYPE”; “Baldwin Kansas ”; “Bridwell Apr.”; [handwritten:] “ on Salix shrub willow ”; “ USNM Ent 00778020 ” (USNM). Good shape; left antenna missing beyond scape; right hind tarsus missing. The synonymy with M. major by Ross (1932) is here confirmed . Additional material examined USA : 1 ♀ , Oklahoma , Pawnee County , Pawnee , 352736 East Hwy 64 , 36.292° N , 96.716° W , Malaise trap , 23 Apr.–3 May 2011 , C. Apgar leg., DEI-GISHym 30767 (specimen used for barcoding) ( USNM ) ; 1 ♀ , same locality, Malaise trap , 9–23 Apr. 2016 , C. Apgar leg., DEI-GISHym 30797 (specimen used for barcoding) ( USNM ) ; 1 ♀ , Pennsylvania , Huntington , 3 Jun. 1934 ( USNM ) . Supplementary description Male Synantennomere 3 3.7 mm , filament 0.7 mm , with 7 articles. Pulvilli present on metatarsomeres 1–4, on article 1 pulvillus 80 µm long, on article 4 120 µm ( Fig. 7J–K ). See key for additional characters. Host plant Supposedly pecan ( Carya illinoinensis ) and possibly additional Carya species ( Ross 1936 ). Remarks See Megaxyela langstoni .