Afromaimetsha

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Afromaimetsha
Temporal range: Turonian
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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]

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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 .