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Genus of insects
Austrophasma
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Mantophasmatodea
Family:
Mantophasmatidae
Genus:
Austrophasma Klass, Picker, Damgaard, van Noort, Tojo, 2003
[1]
Species
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
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 . 47 (2). Elsevier BV: 443–462.
doi :
10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.026 .
ISSN
1055-7903 .