Afromaimetsha

Genus of wasps

Afromaimetsha
Temporal range: Turonian
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Superfamily:
Stephanoidea
Family:
†Maimetshidae
Genus:
Afromaimetsha

Rasnitsyn & Brothers, 2009
Species:
A. robusta
Binomial name
Afromaimetsha robusta
Rasnitsyn & Brothers, 2009

Afromaimetsha robusta is an extinct species of wasp which existed in Botswana during the late Cretaceous period, and the only species in the genus Afromaimetsha.[1]

References

  1. ^ Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn & Denis J. Brothers (2009). "New genera and species of Maimetshidae (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea s.l.) from the Turonian of Botswana, with comments on the status of the family". African Invertebrates. 50 (1): 191–204. Bibcode:2009AfrIn..50..191R. doi:10.5733/afin.050.0108.
Taxon identifiers
Afromaimetsha


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