Order Notoptera - Rock Crawlers

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Notoptera (Rock Crawlers)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

the latest molecular data places it closest to Embiidina(1)

Explanation of Names

Notoptera Crampton 1915 (Grylloblattodea+Mantophasmatodea)

Numbers

<30 species worldwide

Print References

Arillo A., Engel M. (2006) Rock crawlers in Baltic amber (Notoptera: Mantophasmatodea). American Museum Novitates 3539: 1-10 (Full text)

Bergdahl, James C. (2014). Systematic account and bibliography of the Notoptera (Insecta). Bulletin of the Oregon Entomological Society, 27 pp. (Full Text)

Engel M.S., Grimaldi D.A. (2004) A new rock crawler in Baltic amber, with comments on the order (Mantophasmatodea: Mantophasmatidae). American Museum Novitates 3431: 1–11. (Full text)

Works Cited

1.	Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution Bernhard Misof et al. 2014. Science Vol. 346, 763.

Contributed by George Waldren on 15 December, 2008 - 9:55am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 2 September, 2024 - 12:22am

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