†Afrapia variicornis Rasnitsyn and Brothers 2009 (wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Maimetshidae
Full reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn and D. 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
Belongs to Afrapia according to L. Li et al. 2025
See also Rasnitsyn and Brothers 2009
Sister taxa: Afrapia globularis, Afrapia nihtmara, Afrapia robusta
Type specimen: BP/2/27215, an exoskeleton (almost complete female). Its type locality is Orapa (Bernard Price Institute), which is in a Turonian lacustrine - large mudstone in Botswana.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Orapa (Bernard Price Institute)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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