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Mantophasmatodea
Mantophasmatodea
Translingual
Proper noun
Mantophasmatodea
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Notoptera – the gladiators, based on recently identified insect species, the extant ones principally found in Namibia and adjoining South Africa.
Hypernyms
- (clade): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Polyneoptera - supercohort; Anartioptera - cohort; Polyorthoptera - magnorder; Orthopterida - superorder; Notopterodea - grandorder; Notoptera - order
Hyponyms
- (clade): Austrophasmatidae, Mantophasmatidae, Tanzaniophasmatidae - families