''Rhapidogyna'' is an extinct genus of
apoid wasps, found only in
Burmese amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. Th ...
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[ ''Rhapidogyna'' is a ]replacement name
In biological nomenclature, a ''nomen novum'' (Latin for "new name"), replacement name (or new replacement name, new substitute name, substitute name) is a replacement scientific name that is created when technical, nomenclatural reasons have mad ...
for an unavailable name, ''Rhabdogyna
''Rhabdogyna'' is a genus of South American sheet weavers that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1985. it contains only two species, both found in Chile: ''R. chiloensis'' and ''R. patagonica''.
See also
* List of Linyphiidae sp ...
'', already in use for a genus of spiders.
Taxonomy
The genus was erected in 2024, and was initially given the name ''Rhabdogyna''.[ However, this had already been used for a genus of spiders, so the ]replacement name
In biological nomenclature, a ''nomen novum'' (Latin for "new name"), replacement name (or new replacement name, new substitute name, substitute name) is a replacement scientific name that is created when technical, nomenclatural reasons have mad ...
''Rhapidogyna'' was published later in 2024.[ Three species have been described.][
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References
Apoidea
Apoidea genera
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