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Maimetsha

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Maimetsha
Temporal range: Turonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
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.[1]

References

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  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.