Biology:Sclerophasma

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Short description: Genus of insects

Sclerophasma
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantophasmatodea
Family: Mantophasmatidae
Genus: Sclerophasma
Klass, Picker, Damgaard, van Noort, Tojo, 2003[1]
Species:
S. paresisense
Binomial name
Sclerophasma paresisense
Klass, Picker, Damgaard, van Noort, Tojo, 2003

Sclerophasma is a genus of insects in the family Mantophasmatidae. It is a monotypic genus consisting of the species Sclerophasma paresisense.[2]

Sclerophasma paresisense is endemic to Namibia, where it is only known from the Paresisberge.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13582818 entry