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Mantophasmatinae
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Mantophasmatinae

Mantophasmatidae is a family of carnivorous wingless insects within the monotypic order Mantophasmatodea, which was discovered in Africa in 2001. Recent evidence indicates a sister group relationship with Grylloblattidae (classified in the order Grylloblattodea), and Arillo and Engel have combined the two groups into a single order, Notoptera, with Grylloblattodea and Mantophasmatodea ranked as suborders.

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6 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Austrophasmatini

tribeAustrophasmatini

Mantophasmatini

tribeMantophasmatini

Tyrannophasmatini

tribeTyrannophasmatini

Pachyphasma

genusPachyphasma

Minutophasma

genusMinutophasma

Striatophasma

genusStriatophasma

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