Karoophasma botterkloofense is a species of insect in the family Mantophasmatidae. It is endemic to Northern Cape Province, South Africa, in a restricted area that encompasses the Botterkloof Pass and the settlement Calvinia.[2]
Karoophasma botterkloofense | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantophasmatodea |
Family: | Mantophasmatidae |
Genus: | Karoophasma |
Species: | K. botterkloofense
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Binomial name | |
Karoophasma botterkloofense Klass, Picker, Damgaard, van Noort, Tojo, 2003[1]
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.