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Maimetsha

Description

Maimetsha arctica is an extinct genus of wasp which existed during the Cretaceous period, and the only species in the genus Maimetsha.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4677450https://www.gbif.org/species/4677450
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)140029https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=140029
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Maimetshidae : Maimetsha
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
orderHymenopteraLinnaeus 1758
-UnicalcaridaSchulmeister et al. 2002
suborderVespina
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
superfamilyTrigonalyoidea
familyMaimetshidaeRasnitsyn 1975
subfamilyMaimetshinaeRasnitsyn 1975
tribeMaimetshiniRasnitsyn 1975
genusMaimetshaRasnitsyn 1975
Scientific NameMaimetsha Rasnitsyn, 1975
Name Published InTrudy paleont. Inst. 147
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Maimetshagenusbelongs to Maimetshidaestated with evidenceRasnitsyn, 1975
Maimetshagenusbelongs to Maimetshidaestated without evidenceCarpenter, 1992
Maimetshagenusbelongs to Maimetshinistated with evidenceEngel, 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1975. Hymenoptera Apocrita of Mesozoic. Transactions of the Palaeontological Institute Academy of Sciences of the USSR 147:1-134
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maimetsha

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Maimetsha artica
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
185.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1975Maimetsha Rasnitsyn
1992Maimetsha Carpenter
2016Maimetsha Engel p. 12

References

Rasnitsyn A. P. (1975) Hymenoptera Apocrita of Mesozoic, Transactions of the Palaeontological Institute Academy of Sciences of the USSR 147, 1-134
Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655
Engel M. S. (2016) A new genus and species of maimetshid wasps in Lebanese Early Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Maimetshidae), Novitates Paleoentomologicae 18, 1-14
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Trudy paleont. Inst. 147 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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