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Sclerophasma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantophasmatodea
Family:	Mantophasmatidae
Genus:	Sclerophasma; Klass, Picker, Damgaard, van Noort, Tojo, 2003
Species:	S. paresisense
Binomial name
	Sclerophasma paresisense; Klass, Picker, Damgaard, van Noort, Tojo, 2003

Sclerophasma is a genus of insects in the family Mantophasmatidae. It is a monotypic genus consisting of the species Sclerophasma paresisense.^[2]

Sclerophasma paresisense is endemic to Namibia, where it is only known from the Paresisberge.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Klass, Klaus-Dieter; Picker, Mike; Damgaard, Jakob; Noort, Simon; Tojo, Koji. (2003). The taxonomy, genitalic morphology, and phylogenetic relationships of Southern African Mantophasmatodea (Insecta). Entomologische Abhandlungen 61: 3-67.
^ Damgaard, Jakob; Klass, Klaus-Dieter; Picker, Mike D.; Buder, Gerda (2008). "Phylogeny of the Heelwalkers (Insecta: Mantophasmatodea) based on mtDNA sequences, with evidence for additional taxa in South Africa". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47 (2). Elsevier BV: 443–462. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.026. ISSN 1055-7903.