| Afrapia 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: | †Afrapia Rasnitsyn & Brothers, 2009 |
| Type species | |
| †Afrapia globularis Rasnitsyn & Brothers, 2009 | |
| Species | |
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Afrapia is an extinct genus of wasp which existed in Botswana during the late Cretaceous period. It contains the species Afrapia globularis and Afrapia variicornis.
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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| Afrapia | |
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