Mantophasma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mantophasmatodea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Supercohort: Polyneoptera Ordo: Mantophasmatodea

Mantophasma Zompro, Klass, Kristensen & Adis in Klass et al., 2002 [gender: neuter]

Type species: Mantophasma zephyra Zompro, Klass, Kristensen & Adis, 2002, by original designation.

Klass, K.-D., Zompro, O., Kristensen, N.P. & Adis, J. 2002. Mantophasmatodea: a new insect order with extant members in the Afrotropics. Science 296: 1456–1459. DOI: 10.1126/science.1069397. Reference page.

Damgaard, J., Klass, K.-D., Picker, M.D. & Buder, G. 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): 443–462. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.026 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Zompro, O. 2005. Inter- and intra-ordinal relationships of the Mantophasmatodea, with comments on the phylogeny of polyneopteran orders (Insecta: Polyneoptera). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 89: 85–116. ResearchGate . Reference page. [treats Austrophasma, Sclerophasma and Tanzaniophasma as synonyms]
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. PDF. Reference page.