Pachyphasma is a genus of insects in the family Mantophasmatidae. It is a monotypic genus consisting of the species Pachyphasma brandbergense.
Pachyphasma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantophasmatodea |
Family: | Mantophasmatidae |
Genus: | Pachyphasma Wipfler, Pohl, & Predel, 2012[1] |
Species: | P. brandbergense
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Binomial name | |
Pachyphasma brandbergense Wipfler, Pohl, & Predel, 2012
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Pachyphasma brandbergense is endemic to the Brandberg Massif of Namibia.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Wipfler, Benjamin; Pohl, Hans; Predel, Reinhard (2012-01-20). "Two new genera and two new species of Mantophasmatodea (Insecta, Polyneoptera) from Namibia". ZooKeys. 166. Pensoft Publishers: 75–98. doi:10.3897/zookeys.166.1802. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3272637.