Afromaimetsha
Genus of wasps
Afromaimetsha Temporal range: Turonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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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
- ^ 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.
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