New and little-known Mantophasmatidae (Insecta: Mantophasmatodea) from European amber
Author
Perkovsky, Evgeny E.
Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark.
Author
Vasilenko, Dmitry V.
Cherepovets State University, Lunacharsky Prospect 5, Cherepovets, Vologda Region, 162600, Russia. & Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117647 Russia. & Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia.
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-05-02
5446
4
553
563
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5446.4.7
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5446.4.7
1175-5326
11102260
905DDE73-8CC9-4E88-BBAB-68B56F14A1F9
Genus
Adicophasma
Engel & Grimaldi, 2004
, nom. resurr.
Type
species:
Adicophasma spinosus
Engel & Grimaldi, 2004
, by original designation.
Composition
. Nowadays this genus consists of three species from Baltic amber known by nymphs only. A new species from Danish amber is described below.
Diagnosis
. This genus characterized by profemora with strong spine-like bristles ventrally and by abdominal and especially thoracic tergites with numerous spine-like bristles. By these features
Adicophasma
is easy recognizable from both
Raptophasma
and
Juramantophasma
.
Remarks
.
Zompro (2008)
synonymized genus
Adicophasma
under
Raptophasma
and
A. spinosa
under
R. kerneggeri
. Here, the name
Adicophasma
is resurrected from synonymy and this taxon is considered as distinct genus.