Raptophasma kerneggeri Zompro 2001 (gladiator)

Insecta - Mantophasmatodea - Mantophasmatidae

Full reference: O. Zompro. 2001. The Phasmatodea and Raptophasma n. gen., Orthoptera incertae sedis, in Baltic amber (Insecta: Orthoptera). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 85:229-261

Belongs to Raptophasma according to O. Zompro 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GPIH 4299, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH Kernegger collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (11 collections)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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