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Mantophasma Omatakoense
''Mantophasma omatakoense'' is a species of insect in the family Mantophasmatidae. It is endemic to Namibia. Its type locality is Omatako Farm, near the Omatako Mountains, between Otjiwarongo and Okahandja at . References Mantophasmatidae Insects of Namibia Endemic fauna of Namibia Insects described in 2006 {{notoptera-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantophasmatidae
Mantophasmatidae is a family (biology), family of carnivorous wingless insects within the order Notoptera, which was discovered in Africa in 2001.K.-D. Klass, O. Zompro, N.P. Kristensen, J. Adis. Mantophasmatodea: a new insect order with extant members in the afrotropics Science, 296 (2002), pp. 1456–1459Adis, J., O. Zompro, E. Moombolah-Goagoses, and E. Marais. 2002. Gladiators: A new order of insect. ''Scientific American'' 287:60-65. Originally, the group was regarded as an order in its own right, and named Mantophasmatodea, but, using recent evidence indicating a sister group relationship with Grylloblattidae (formerly classified in the order Grylloblattodea),Terry, M.D., and M.F. Whiting. 2005. Mantophasmatodea and phylogeny of the lower neopterous insects. ''Cladistics'' 21(3): 240–257. Arillo and Engel have combined the two groups into a single order, Notoptera. Overview The most common vernacular name for this order is gladiators, although they also are called rock cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
