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

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 191-204

  Rasnitsyn, Alexandr P ^a,b   Brothers, Denis J ^c  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Botswana; Fossil insects; Hymenoptera; Maimetshidae; Megalyridae; Orapa; Trigonalidae; Turonian

Indexed keywords

ANDYROSSIA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MAIMETSHIDAE; MEGALYRIDAE; STEPHANOIDEA; TRIGONALIDAE;

EID: 70349231237     PISSN: 16815556     EISSN: 16815556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5733/afin.050.0108     Document Type: Article

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