Austrophasma rawsonvillense

Austrophasma rawsonvillense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantophasmatodea
Family: Mantophasmatidae
Genus: Austrophasma
Species:
A. rawsonvillense
Binomial name
Austrophasma rawsonvillense
Klass, Picker, Damgaard, van Noort, Tojo, 2003

Austrophasma rawsonvillense is a species of insect in the family Mantophasmatidae. It is endemic to western South Africa, where it is found in a restricted area near Rawsonville, Tweefontein, and Gansbaai, Western Cape Province.

References

  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. 47 (2). Elsevier BV: 443–462. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.026. ISSN 1055-7903.