Kuboesphasma is a genus of insects in the family Mantophasmatidae. It is a monotypic genus consisting of the species Kuboesphasma compactum.
Kuboesphasma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantophasmatodea |
Family: | Mantophasmatidae |
Genus: | Kuboesphasma Wipfler, Theska & Predel, 2018.[1] |
Species: | K. compactum
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Binomial name | |
Kuboesphasma compactum Wipfler, Theska & Predel, 2018
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Its type locality is Kuboes, Richtersveld, South Africa.[1][2]
References
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- ^ a b Wipfler, B; Theska, T; Predel, R (2018). "Mantophasmatodea from the Richtersveld in South Africa with description of two new genera and species". ZooKeys (746): 137–160. doi:10.3897/zookeys.746.14885. PMC 5904538. PMID 29674900.
- ^ Zompro, Oliver; Adis, Joachim; Bragg, Philip; Naskrecki, Piotr; Meakin, Kathy; Wittneben, Martin; Saxe, Victoria (2003). "A new genus and species of Mantophasmatidae (Insecta: Mantophasmatodea) from the Brandberg Massif, Namibia, with notes on behaviour". Cimbebasia. 19: 13–24 – via ResearchGate.