Mantophasmatinae

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
Subfamilia: Mantophasmatinae
Tribus: Austrophasmatini - Mantophasmatini - Tyrannophasmatini
[list of tribus after Arillo & Engel (2006: 3, table 1)]

Overview of genera (14)

Austrophasma – Hemilobophasma – Karoophasma – Kubeophasma – Lobatophasma – Mantophasma – Minutophasma – Namaquaphasma – Pachyphasma – Praedatophasma – Sclerophasma – Striatophasma – Tyrannophasma – Viridiphasma

Name

Mantophasmatinae Zompro, Klass, Kristensen & Adis in Klass et al., 2002

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

• Arillo, A. & Engel, M.S. 2006. Rock crawlers in Baltic amber (Notoptera: Mantophasmatodea). American Museum Novitates 3539: 1–10. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3539[1:RCIBAN]2.0.CO;2 . hdl: 2246/5817 . BHL. 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: 443–462.
• Eberhard, M.J.B.; Picker, M.D.; Klass, K.-D. 2011: Sympatry in Mantophasmatodea, with the description of a new species and phylogenetic considerations. Organisms diversity & evolution, 11(1): 43–59. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-010-0037-8