Adicophasma Engel & Grimaldi, 2004

Perkovsky, Evgeny E. & Vasilenko, Dmitry V., 2024, New and little-known Mantophasmatidae (Insecta: Mantophasmatodea) from European amber, Zootaxa 5446 (4), pp. 553-563 : 557

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.4.7
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11102323
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scientific name	Adicophasma Engel & Grimaldi, 2004
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Genus Adicophasma Engel & Grimaldi, 2004 View in CoL , nom. resurr.

Type species: Adicophasma spinosus Engel & Grimaldi, 2004 , by original designation.

Composition. Nowadays this genus consists of three species from Baltic amber known by nymphs only. A new species from Danish amber is described below.

Diagnosis. This genus characterized by profemora with strong spine-like bristles ventrally and by abdominal and especially thoracic tergites with numerous spine-like bristles. By these features Adicophasma is easy recognizable from both Raptophasma and Juramantophasma .

Remarks. Zompro (2008) synonymized genus Adicophasma under Raptophasma and A. spinosa under R. kerneggeri . Here, the name Adicophasma is resurrected from synonymy and this taxon is considered as distinct genus.