†Orapia Dlussky et al. 2004 (wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Armaniidae
Full reference: G. M. Dlussky, D. J. Brothers, and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2004. The first Late Cretaceous ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from southern Africa, with comments on the origin of the Myrmicinae. Insect Systematics & Evolution 35:1-13
Parent taxon: Armaniinae according to B. Bolton 2012
See also Borysenko 2017 and Dlussky et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Archaeopone, Armania, Poneropterus, Pseudarmania
Subtaxa: Orapia minor Orapia rayneri
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Orapa (Bernard Price Institute) (Cretaceous of Botswana)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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