Two new genera and two new species of Mantophasmatodea (Insecta, Polyneoptera) from Namibia.

ABSTRACT: Two new species and two new genera (Pachyphasma, Striatophasma) of Mantophasmatodea are described from Namibia. Pachyphasma brandbergense is endemic to the Brandberg massif; Striatophasma occupies an extensive area south of the region inhabited by Mantophasma. Phylogenetic analyses (see Predel et al. in press) suggest a sistergroup relationship of Striatophasma and the South African Austrophasmatidae.

SUBMITTER: Wipfler B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3272637 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature