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Namaquaphasma ookiepensis

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Polyneoptera > Anartioptera > Mantophasmatodea > Family: Austrophasmatidae > Genus: Namaquaphasma

Namaquaphasma ookiepensis Klass, Picker, Damgaard, van Noort & Tojo 2003

Namaquaphasma_ookiepensis

Namaquaphasma ookiepensis (specimen collected in 1890) Photo © Mike Picker

Distribution

Only known from Okiep in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa.

Habitat

Upland and Lowland Succulent Karoo.

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