Kuboesphasma is a genus of insects in the family Mantophasmatidae. It is a monotypic genus consisting of the species Kuboesphasma compactum.

Kuboesphasma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantophasmatodea
Family: Mantophasmatidae
Genus: Kuboesphasma
Wipfler, Theska & Predel, 2018.[1]
Species:
K. compactum
Binomial name
Kuboesphasma compactum
Wipfler, Theska & Predel, 2018

Its type locality is Kuboes, Richtersveld, South Africa.[1][2]

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.