Mantophasmatodea

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Ordo: Mantophasmatodea

Name

Mantophasmatodea Zompro, Klass, Kristensen & Adis in Klass et al., 2002

References

Primary references

Klass, K.-D., Zompro, O., Kristensen, N.P. & Adis, J. 2002. Mantophasmatodea: a new insect order with extant members in the Afrotropics. Science 296: 1456–1459. DOI: 10.1126/science.1069397. Reference page.

Additional references

Adis, J., Zompro, O., Moombolah-Goagoses, E. & Marais, E. 2002. Gladiators: a new order of insect. Scientific American 287: 60–65. PDF.
Arillo, A. & Engel, M.S. 2006. Rock crawlers in Baltic amber (Notoptera: Mantophasmatodea). American Museum Novitates (3539): 1–10. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3539[1:RCIBAN]2.0.CO;2 . hdl: 2246/5817 . BHL. OCLC: 76951389. S2CID: 86575516. Wikidata: Q97683524. Reference page. [Note: treated as suborder]
Damgaard, J., Klass, K.-D., Picker, M.D. & Buder, G. 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): 443–462. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.026 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Eberhard, M.J.B., Picker, M.D. & Klass, K.-D. 2011. Sympatry in Mantophasmatodea, with the description of a new species and phylogenetic considerations. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 11(1): 43–59. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-010-0037-8 . Reference page.
Huang, D.-y., Nel, A., Zompro, O. & Waller, A. 2008. Mantophasmatodea now in the Jurassic. Naturwissenschaften 95: 947–952. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0412-x . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Klass, K.-D. 2002. Mantophasmatodea: a new insect order? [Response to technical comment by Erich Tilgner]. Science 297: 731. DOI: 10.1126/science.297.5582.731a .
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 61(1): 3–67. PDF. Reference page.
Zompro, O. 2005. Inter- and intra-ordinal relationships of the Mantophasmatodea, with comments on the phylogeny of polyneopteran orders (Insecta: Polyneoptera). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 89: 85–116. ResearchGate . Reference page.
Zompro, O. & Adis, J. 2006. Notes on Namibian Mantophasma Zompro, Klass, Kristensen & Adis, 2002, with descriptions of three new species (Insecta: Mantophasmatodea: Mantophasmatidae: Mantophasmatini). Russian Entomological Journal 15(1): 21–24. PDF. Reference page.
Zompro, O., Adis, J. & Weitschat, W. 2002. A review of the order Mantophasmatodea (Insecta). Zoologischer Anzeiger 241(3): 269–279. DOI: 10.1078/0044-5231-00080 . Reference page.

Links

Tree of Life Web Project. 2003. Mantophasmatodea. Gladiators. Version 01 January 2003 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project
van Noort, S. & Picker, M. 2004. Mantophasmatodea (heelwalkers, mantos) in Biodiversity Explorer. Iziko Museums of South Africa. (Archived)
Mantophasmatodea Species File

Vernacular names

English: gladiators, heelwalkers, rock crawlers
Nordfriisk: Haielluupern
magyar: Tücsöksáskák
日本語: カカトアルキ目 (踵行目)
한국어: 만토파스마토데목 (종행목, 당수목)