Cretogonalys

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Cretogonalys
Temporal range: Cenomanian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Maimetshidae
Subfamily: Maimetshinae
Tribe: Maimetshini
Genus: Cretogonalys
Rasnitsyn, 1977
Species:
C. taimyricus
Binomial name
Cretogonalys taimyricus
Rasnitsyn, 1977

Cretogonalys is an extinct genus of wasp which existed in Siberia during the late Cretaceous period, containing a single species, Cretogonalys taimyricus. [1] It was described by Rasnitsyn in 1977.

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 .