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Genus of wasps

Afromaimetsha
Temporal range: Turonian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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.

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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