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Rhapidogyna

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Rhapidogyna
Top left: dorsal view of †Rhapidogyna festiva; top right: head of †Rhapidogyna festiva; bottom left: dorsal view of †Rhapidogyna elongata; bottom right: dorsal view of †Rhapidogyna prima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Temnogynidae
Genus: Rhapidogyna
Rosa & Melo, 2024[1]
Type species
Rhabdogyna festiva (now Rhapidogyna festiva)
Rosa & Melo, 2024
Species
  • Rhapidogyna elongata Rosa & Melo, 2024
  • Rhapidogyna festiva Rosa & Melo, 2024
  • Rhapidogyna prima Rosa & Melo, 2024
Synonyms[1]
  • Rhabdogyna Rosa & Melo, 2024, unavailable name, not Rhabdogyna Millidge, 1985

Rhapidogyna is an extinct genus of apoid wasps, found only in Burmese amber.[1][2] Rhapidogyna is a replacement name for an unavailable name, Rhabdogyna, already in use for a genus of spiders.

Taxonomy

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The genus was erected in 2024, and was initially given the name Rhabdogyna.[2] However, this had already been used for a genus of spiders, so the replacement name Rhapidogyna was published later in 2024.[1][3] Three species have been described.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "†Rhapidogyna Rosa and Melo 2024 (apoid wasp)", Paleobiology Database, retrieved 2024-01-24
  2. ^ a b c Rosa, B.B. & Melo, G.A.R. (2024), "Temnogynidae fam. nov., a new fossil family of apoid wasps from the mid-Cretaceous (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)", Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 68 (e20240031), doi:10.1590/1806-9665-rbent-2024-0031
  3. ^ a b Rosa, B.B. & Melo, G.A.R. (2024), "Rhapidogyna nom. nov., a replacement name for Rhabdogyna Rosa & Melo (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)", Acta Biológica Paranaense, 53 (e97740), doi:10.5380/abp.v53i1.97740