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Mantophasmatodea Species File
genus

Tyrannophasma Zompro, 2003

Type

Tyrannophasma gladiator Zompro, 2003 type species by original designation of Tyrannophasma Zompro, 2003

Nomenclature (5)

  • Tyrannophasma Zompro, 2003 in Zompro, Adis, Bragg, Naskrecki, Meakin, Wittneben & Saxe, 2003: 15.

    type species by original designation Tyrannophasma gladiator Zompro, 2003

  • Tyrannophasma Zompro, 2003 in Engel & Grimaldi, 2004: 3.
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  • Tyrannophasma Zompro, 2003 in Arillo & Engel, 2006: 3.
  • Tyrannophasma Zompro, 2003 in Zompro, 2008

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Arillo, A. & Engel, M.S. (2006) Rock Crawlers in Baltic Amber (Notoptera: Mantophasmatodea). American Museum Novitates, 3539, 1–10.
  • 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, 11 pp., 4 figs., 1 tbl. Available at http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle//2246/2796
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  • Zompro, O. (2005) Inter- and intra-ordinal relationships of the Mantophasmatodea, with comments on the phylogeny of polyneopteran orders (Insecta: Polyneoptera). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Palaeontologischen Institut der Universitaet Hamburg, 89, 85–116.
  • Zompro, O. (2008) Mantophasmatodea - Gladiatoren im Insektenreich [Mantophasmatodea - gladiators in the insect kingdom]. Arthropoda, 16(1), 4–25.
  • 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(December), 13–24.

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Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

The generic epithet Tyrannophasma is composed of the first part of the generic name of one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex and -phasma, a common ending in Mantophasmatodea. Tyranno refers to the impressive feeding habits of this insect, which is able to kill and consume insects of its own size.