Lobatophasma

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Lobatophasma
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Notoptera
Family: Mantophasmatidae
Genus: Lobatophasma
Klass, Picker, Damgaard, van Noort, Tojo, 2003[1]
Species:
L. redelinghuysense
Binomial name
Lobatophasma redelinghuysense
Klass, Picker, Damgaard, van Noort, Tojo, 2003
Synonyms

Lobophasma

Lobatophasma (formerly Lobophasma) is a genus of insects in the family Mantophasmatidae. It is a monotypic genus consisting of the species Lobatophasma redelinghuysense, which is endemic to Western Cape Province, South Africa.[2]

It is known from near Redelinghuys, Rawsonville, , and in the Western Cape Province.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Klass, Klaus-Dieter; Picker, Mike; Damgaard, Jakob; Noort, Simon; Tojo, Koji. (2003). The taxonomy, genitalic morphology, and phylogenetic relationships of Southern African Mantophasmatodea (Insecta). Entomologische Abhandlungen 61: 3-67.
  2. ^ Damgaard, Jakob; Klass, Klaus-Dieter; Picker, Mike D.; Buder, Gerda (2008). "Phylogeny of the Heelwalkers (Insecta: Mantophasmatodea) based on mtDNA sequences, with evidence for additional taxa in South Africa". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Elsevier BV. 47 (2): 443–462. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.026. ISSN 1055-7903.


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