昆虫界的“四不象”——一新建“螳目”昆虫简介

A brief introduction to the newly established insect order Mantophasmatodea.

该文对 2 0 0 2年 5月建立的昆虫新目———螳目Mantophasmatodea作了简单介绍 ,并建议了该目之中名。该目是昆虫纲中最小的目 ,目前已知 2属 3种 。

The newly found insect order, Mantophasmatodea, from Southern Africa was briefly introduced in this paper. The Chinese common names both for the order and insects in the order were suggested.