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Mantophasmatodea (Heelwalkers): references

  • Adis, J., ZOMPRO, O., Moombolah-Goagoses, E & Marais, E. 2002. Gladiators: a new order of insect. Scientific American 287: 60–65.

  • Dallai, R., Frati, F., Lupetti, P. & Adis, J. 2003. Sperm ultrastructure of Mantophasma zephyra (Insecta, Mantophasmatodea). Zoomorphology 122: 67–76.

  • Klass, K.-D. 2002. Mantophasmatodea: a new insect order? [Response to technical comment by Erich Tilgner]. Science 297: 731.

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

  • Klass, K-D.,  Zompro, O., Kristensen, N.P., Adis, J. 2002. Mantophasmatodea: a new insect order with extant members in the afrotropics. Science 296, 1456-1459.

  • PICKER, M.D., COLVILLE, J.F. & VAN NOORT, S. 2002. Mantophasmatodea Now in South Africa. Science 297:1475.

  • Tilgner, E. 2002. Mantophasmatodea: a new insect order? [Technical comment]. Science 297: 731.

  • ZOMPRO, O. 2001. The Phasmatodea and Raptophasma n. gen., Orthoptera incertae sedis, in Baltic amber (Insecta: Orthoptera). Mitteilungen des Geologisch-Paläontologischen Instituts Hamburg 85: 229–261.  

  • ZOMPRO, O., ADIS, J., BRAGG, P.E., NASKRECKI, P., MEAKIN, K., WITTNEBEN, M. & SAXE, V. 2003. A new genus and species of Mantophasmatidae (Insecta: Mantophasmatodea) from the Brandberg Massif, Namibia, with notes on behaviour. Cimbebasia 19: 13-24.

  • ZOMPRO, O., ADIS, J. & WEITSCHAT, W. 2002. A review of the order Mantophasmatodea (Insecta). Zoologischer Anzeiger 241: 269–279.  

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