Mantophasmatodea

Other Names for Mantophasmatodea

• Mantophasmatidae
• Vernacular Names: Gladiators, Heelwalkers, Rock Crawlers

References

Adis, J., O. Zompro, E. Moombolah-Goagoses, and E. Marais. 2002. Gladiators: A new order of insect. Scientific American 287:60-65.

Arillo, A., V. M. Ortuño, and A. Nel. 1997. Description of an enigmatic insect from Baltic amber. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 102(1):11-14.

Baum, E., C. Dressler, and R. G. Beutel. 2007. Head structures of Karoophasma sp (Hexapoda, Mantophasmatodea) with phylogenetic implications. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 45(2):104-119.

Cameron, S. L., S. C. Barker, and M. F. Whiting. 2006. Mitochondrial genomics and the new insect order Mantophasmatodea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38(1):274-279.

Damgaard, J., K.-D. Klass, M. D. Picker, and G. Buder. 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.

Engel M.S. and D.A. Grimaldi. 2004. A new rock crawler in Baltic amber, with comments on the order (Mantophasmatodea : Mantophasmatidae). American Museum Novitates 3431: 1-11.

Klass, K.-D. 2002. Mantophasmatodea: A new insect order? Response. Science 297(5582):U1-U1.

Klass, K.-D., O. Zompro, N. P. Kristensen, et al. 2002. Mantophasmatodea: A new insect order with extant members in the afrotropics. Science 296(5572):1456-1459.

Klass, K.-D., M.D. Picker, J. Damgaard, J., S. Van Noort, and K. Tojo, 2003. The Taxonomy, Genitalic Morphology and Phylogenetic Relationships of Southern African Mantophasmatodea (Insecta). Entomologische Abhandlungen 61: 3-67.

Picker, M. D., J. F. Colville, and S. Van Noort. 2002. Mantophasmatodea now in South Africa. Science 297(5586):1475-1475.

Terry, M. D. and M. F. Whiting. 2005. Mantophasmatodea and phylogeny of the lower neopterous insects. Cladistics 21(3): 240-257.

Tilgner, E. 2002. Mantophasmatodea: A new insect order? Science 297(5582):U1-U1.

Zompro, O. 2001. The Phasmatodea and Raptophasma n. gen., Orthoptera incertae sedis, in Baltic amber (Insecta: Orthoptera). Mitteilungen des Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institutes der Universität Hamburg 85:229-261.

Zompro, O., J. Adis, and W. Weitschat. 2002. A review of the order Mantophasmatodea (Insecta). Zoologischer Anzeiger 241(3):269-279.

Information on the Internet

• Mantophasmatodea - A new Order of Insects. Oliver Zompro & Joachim Adis.
• New Insect Order Found in Southern Africa. National Geographic Today.
• Order: Mantophasmatodea (heelwalkers, mantos). South African Museum Biodiversity Explorer.
• Max-Planck Doctoral Student discovers "living fossils". Max Planck Society Research News Release.