Lobatophasma

Lobatophasma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantophasmatodea
Family: Mantophasmatidae
Genus: Lobatophasma
Damgaard, Klass, Picker & Buder, 2008
Species:
L. redelinghuysense
Binomial name
Lobatophasma redelinghuysense
(Klass, Picker, Damgaard, van Noort, Tojo, 2003)
Synonyms

Lobophasma Klass, Picker, Damgaard, van Noort, Tojo, 2003

Lobatophasma (formerly Lobophasma) is a genus of insects in the family Mantophasmatidae. It is a monotypic genus consisting of the species Lobatophasma redelinghuysense, which is endemic to Western Cape Province, South Africa.

It is known from near Redelinghuys, Rawsonville, Cardouw, and Jonkiespoort in the Western Cape Province.

References

  1. 1 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.
  2. 1 2 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.