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Extinct genus of wasps
Maimetsha
Temporal range: Turonian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Trigonalyoidea
Family: Maimetshidae
Subfamily: Maimetshinae
Tribe: Maimetshini
Genus: Maimetsha
Rasnitsyn, 1975
Species: M. arctica
Binomial name
Maimetsha arctica
Rasnitsyn, 1975

Maimetsha arctica is an extinct genus of wasp which existed during the Cretaceous period, and the only species in the genus Maimetsha.

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
Maimetsha


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