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. 2002 May 24;296(5572):1456-9.
doi: 10.1126/science.1069397. Epub 2002 Apr 18.

Mantophasmatodea: a new insect order with extant members in the Afrotropics

Klaus-D Klass  1 , Oliver Zompro, Niels P Kristensen, Joachim Adis
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Mantophasmatodea: a new insect order with extant members in the Afrotropics

Klaus-D Klass et al. Science. .

Abstract

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 insect taxon has proved unplaceable within a recognized order. Mantophasmatodeans are apterous carnivores. Their closest phylogenetic relationships may be to Grylloblattodea (ice-crawlers) and/or Phasmatodea (stick insects), but the morphological evidence is ambiguous. Raptophasma Zompro from Baltic amber is assigned to the Mantophasmatodea, revealing a wider previous range for the lineage.

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  • Mantophasmatodea: a new insect order?
    Tilgner E. Tilgner E. Science. 2002 Aug 2;297(5582):731; discussion 731. doi: 10.1126/science.297.5582.731a. Science. 2002. PMID: 12161616 No abstract available.
  • Mantophasmatodea now in South Africa.
    Picker MD, Colville JF, van Noort S. Picker MD, et al. Science. 2002 Aug 30;297(5586):1475. doi: 10.1126/science.297.5586.1475b. Science. 2002. PMID: 12211240 No abstract available.

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