Biology:Afrapia

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Short description: Extinct genus of wasps

Afrapia
Temporal range: Turonian
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Afrapia

Rasnitsyn & Brothers, 2009
Type species
Afrapia globularis
Rasnitsyn & Brothers, 2009
Species
  • Afrapia globularis Rasnitsyn & Brothers, 2009
  • Afrapia variicornis Rasnitsyn & Brothers, 2009

Afrapia is an extinct genus of wasp which existed in Botswana during the late Cretaceous period.[1] It contains the species Afrapia globularis and Afrapia variicornis.

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. 

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