Family Mantophasmatidae Zompro et al. 2002 (gladiator)
Insecta - Mantophasmatodea - Mantophasmatidae
Synonym: Ensiferophasmatidae Zompro 2005
Full reference: O. Zompro, K. D. Klass, N. P. Kristensen and J. Adis. 2002. Taxonomic names, in Mantophasmatodea: a new insect order with extant members in the Afrotropics. Science 296:1456-1459
Parent taxon: Mantophasmatodea according to O. Zompro 2005
See also Arillo and Engel 2006, Huang et al. 2008 and Zompro et al. 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Ensiferophasma Raptophasmatinae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), the Russian Federation (14)
• Jurassic of China (1)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences