Minutophasma is a genus of insects in the family Mantophasmatidae. It is a monotypic genus consisting of the species Minutophasma redelinghuysense.

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

Its type locality is located slightly to the north of Eksteenfontein, Richtersveld, South Africa.[1]

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.