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Maimetshidae

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Maimetshidae
Temporal range: Cretaceous Barremian–Campanian
Male of Guyotemaimetsha enigmatica
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Maimetshidae

Rasnitsyn, 1975

Maimetshidae is an extinct family of wasps, known from the Cretaceous period.[1][2] While originally considered relatives of Megalyridae, they are now considered to probably be close relatives of Trigonalidae.[2]

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Iberomaimetsha fossil

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. doi:10.5733/afin.050.0108.
  2. ^ a b M. S. Engel. 2016. A new genus and species of maimetshid wasps in Lebanese Early Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Maimetshidae). Novitates Paleoentomologicae 18:1-14