Mantophasma zephyra

Mantophasma zephyra

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

Familia: Mantophasmatidae
Genus: Mantophasma
Species: Mantophasma zephyra

Name

Mantophasma zephyra Zompro, Klass, Kristensen & Adis in Klass et al., 2002

Holotype: ZMB 827/09, ♀.

Type locality: “D. S. W. Afr. [= Namibia].”

Combinations

• Mantophasma zephyra Zompro, Klass, Kristensen & Adis, 2002: 1056 (name is a noun, stated in etymology; ICZN prohibits change to "zephyrum")

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• 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