Austrophasma

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Notoptera
Subordo: Mantophasmatodea

Familia: Mantophasmatidae
Subfamilia: Mantophasmatinae
Tribus: Austrophasmatini
Genus: Austrophasma
Species: A. caledonense – A. gansbaaiense – A. rawsonvillense

[list of species after Klass, Picker, Damgaard, van Noort & Tojo (2003: 27)]
Name

Austrophasma Klass, Picker, Damgaard, van Noort & Tojo, 2003
Synonyms

Austrophasma Klass, Picker, Damgaard, van Noort & Tojo, 2003: 27 [gender: neuter]

Type species

Austrophasma caledonense Klass, Picker, Damgaard, van Noort & Tojo, 2003, by original designation

References

Klass, K.-D.; Picker, M.D.; Damgaard, J.; Noort, S., van; Tojo, K. 2003: The taxonomy, genitalic morphology, and phylogenetic relationships of southern African Mantophasmatodea (Insecta). Entomologische Abhandlungen (Dresden), 61: 3–67. PDF

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Austrophasma is a genus of insects in the family Mantophasmatidae.[2] It contains 3 species that are endemic to Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Species

These species belong to the genus Austrophasma:

Austrophasma caledonense Klass, Picker, Damgaard, van Noort & Tojo, 2003
Austrophasma gansbaaiense Klass, Picker, Damgaard, van Noort & Tojo, 2003
Austrophasma rawsonvillense Klass, Picker, Damgaard, van Noort & Tojo, 2003

References

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.
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.