Mantophasmatodea: A New Insect Order with Extant Members in the Afrotropics

A new insect order, Mantophasmatodea, is described on the basis of museum specimens of a new genus with two species: Mantophasma zephyra gen. et sp. nov. (one female from Namibia) and M. subsolana sp. nov. (one male from Tanzania). This is the first time since 1914 that a newly described extant inse...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2002-05, Vol.296 (5572), p.1456-1459
Hauptverfasser:	Klaus-D. Klass, Zompro, Oliver, Kristensen, Niels P., Adis, Joachim
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdomen Abdomen - anatomy & histology Animal taxonomy Animals Anticodon Biological and medical sciences Biological taxonomies Biology Classification Codons Digestive System - anatomy & histology Discovery and exploration Etymology Female Female animals Females Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Genitalia - anatomy & histology Grylloblattodea Head - anatomy & histology Identification and classification Insect antennae Insecta Insecta - anatomy & histology Insecta - classification Insects Invertebrates Male Male animals Males Mantophasma subsolana Mantophasma zephyra Mantophasmatodea Museums Namibia Natural history New orders Phasmatodea Phasmids (Insects) Phylogeny Raptophasma Systematics. Geographical distribution Tanzania Taxa Terminology as Topic Thorax - anatomy & histology Transfer RNA Tropical zones Tropics Zoology
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