Pachyphasma is a genus of insects in the family Mantophasmatidae. It is a monotypic genus consisting of the species Pachyphasma brandbergense.

Pachyphasma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantophasmatodea
Family: Mantophasmatidae
Genus: Pachyphasma
Wipfler, Pohl, & Predel, 2012[1]
Species:
P. brandbergense
Binomial name
Pachyphasma brandbergense
Wipfler, Pohl, & Predel, 2012

Pachyphasma brandbergense is endemic to the Brandberg Massif of Namibia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Wipfler, Benjamin; Pohl, Hans; Predel, Reinhard (2012-01-20). "Two new genera and two new species of Mantophasmatodea (Insecta, Polyneoptera) from Namibia". ZooKeys. 166. Pensoft Publishers: 75–98. doi:10.3897/zookeys.166.1802. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3272637.