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Notoptera
Superorder of wingless insects / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the plant genus, see Notoptera (plant).
Notoptera, also known as Xenonomia[1] is a clade of insects belonging to Polyneoptera. It contains two living groups, Mantophasmatidae (gladiators) native to southern Africa, and Grylloblattidae (ice crawlers) native to cold montane environments in the Northern Hemisphere. Both groups are wingless.
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Orders & families ...
Notoptera | |
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Mantophasma zephyra (Mantophasmatidae) | |
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Member of Grylloblattidae | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Cohort: | Polyneoptera |
Superorder: | Notoptera Crampton, 1915 |
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Xenonomia Terry & Whiting, 2005 |
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