Afrapia

Afrapia; Temporal range: Turonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Superfamily:	Stephanoidea
Family:	†Maimetshidae
Genus:	†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

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" (PDF). African Invertebrates. 50 (1): 191–204. doi:10.5733/afin.050.0108. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.

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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" (PDF). African Invertebrates. 50 (1): 191–204. doi:10.5733/afin.050.0108. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.