def _create_activity2(self, parent, name, activity_type=ActivityType.TASK):
        """Create a new activity.

        .. important::
            This function creates activities for KE-chain versions later than 2.9.0-135
            In effect where the module 'wim' has version '>=2.0.0'.
            The version of 'wim' in KE-chain can be found in the property :attr:`Client.app_versions`

        In WIM2 the type of the activity is called activity_type

        :param parent: parent under which to create the activity
        :type parent: basestring or :class:`models.Activity2`
        :param name: new activity name
        :type name: basestring
        :param activity_type: type of activity: TASK (default) or PROCESS
        :type activity_type: basestring
        :return: the created :class:`models.Activity2`
        :raises APIError: When the object could not be created
        :raises IllegalArgumentError: When an incorrect activitytype or parent is provided
        """
        # WIM1: activity_class, WIM2: activity_type
        if self.match_app_version(label='wim', version='<2.0.0', default=True):
            raise APIError('This method is only compatible with versions of KE-chain where the internal `wim` module '
                           'has a version >=2.0.0. Use the `Client.create_activity()` method.')

        if activity_type and activity_type not in ActivityType.values():
            raise IllegalArgumentError("Please provide accepted activity_type (provided:{} accepted:{})".
                                       format(activity_type, ActivityType.values()))
        if isinstance(parent, (Activity, Activity2)):
            parent = parent.id
        elif is_uuid(parent):
            parent = parent
        else:
            raise IllegalArgumentError("Please provide either an activity object or a UUID")

        data = {
            "name": name,
            "parent_id": parent,
            "activity_type": activity_type
        }

        response = self._request('POST', self._build_url('activities'), data=data,
                                 params=API_EXTRA_PARAMS['activities'])

        if response.status_code != requests.codes.created:  # pragma: no cover
            raise APIError("Could not create activity")

        data = response.json()

        return Activity2(data['results'][0], client=self)