Two new genera and two new species of Mantophasmatodea (Insecta, Polyneoptera) from Namibia.
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.
Entomology Group, Institut für Spezielle Zoologie and Evolutionsbiologie, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Erbertstr. 1, 07743 Jena, Germany.
Benjamin
B
Wipfler
Hans
H
Pohl
Reinhard
R
Predel