Order Mantophasmatodea Zompro et al. 2002 (gladiator)
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: Xenonomia according to B. Wipfler et al. 2019
See also Arillo and Engel 2006, Engel and Grimaldi 2004, Huang et al. 2008, Misof et al. 2014, Terry and Whiting 2005 and Zompro et al. 2002
Sister taxon: Grylloblattodea
Subtaxa: Mantophasmatidae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), the Russian Federation (14)
• Jurassic of China (1)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences