Biology:Maimetshorapia

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Short description: Extinct genus of wasps

Maimetshorapia
Temporal range: Turonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
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Superfamily:
Trigonalyoidea
Family:
Subfamily:
†Maimetshinae
Tribe:
†Maimetshini
Genus:
Maimetshorapia

Rasnitsyn & Brothers, 2009
Species:
M. africana
Binomial name
Maimetshorapia africana
Rasnitsyn & Brothers, 2009

Maimetshorapia is an extinct genus of wasp which existed in Botswana during the late Cretaceous period, containing the single species Maimetshorapia africana.[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. doi:10.5733/afin.050.0108. 

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