Mantophasma

Mantophasma
Mantophasma zephyra Zompro et al., 2002
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantophasmatodea
Family: Mantophasmatidae
Genus: Mantophasma
Zompro, Klass, Kristensen, Adis, 2002
Species

Mantophasma is a genus of insects in the family Mantophasmatidae.[1] It contains 4 species, all of which are endemic to Namibia.[2]

  1. ^ Damgaard, Jakob; Klass, Klaus-Dieter; Picker, Mike D.; Buder, Gerda (2008). "Phylogeny of the Heelwalkers (Insecta: Mantophasmatodea) based on mtDNA sequences, with evidence for additional taxa in South Africa". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47 (2). Elsevier BV: 443–462. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.026. ISSN 1055-7903.
  2. ^ Zompro, O., & Adis, J. (2006). Notes on Namibian Mantophasma Zompro, Klass, Kristensen & Adis, 2002, with descriptions of three new species (Insecta: Mantophasmatodea: Mantophasmatidae: Mantophasmatini). Russian Entomological Journal, 15(1), 21–24.