| Prophalangopsis | |
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| Prophalangopsis obscura, dorsal view | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Prophalangopsidae |
| Genus: | Prophalangopsis |
| Species: | P. obscura
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| Binomial name | |
| Prophalangopsis obscura (Walker, F., 1869)
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Prophalangopsis is a South Asian insect genus, in the family Prophalangopsidae, distantly related to crickets and other Ensifera, erected by Francis Walker in 1869.[1] There is one species: Prophalangopsis obscura, which is a winged insect species found in North India and the Tibetan Plateau. It is one of only a few surviving species in the family Prophalangopsidae. F. Walker described it in 1869 from a single male specimen from India.[a][1] Liu et al collected two possible female specimens in 2009.[3][4]
- ^ a b c Walker, Francis (1869). Catalogue of the specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria and supplement of the Blattari in the collection of the British Museum. Vol. Part 1. London: The British Museum. pp. 100–101. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.8149. OCLC 469668702.
- ^ Ashworth, James (2022-08-11). "Listen to the call: Scientists recreate the song of a 150-year-old insect that could help rediscover its species". Phys.org. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ Liu, Xianwei; Zhou, Min; Bi, Wenxuan; Tang, Liang (2009), "New data on taxonomy of recent Prophalangopsidae (Orthoptera: Hagloidea)", Zootaxa, 2026: 53–62, doi:10.5281/ZENODO.186174, retrieved 2022-08-12
- ^ Liu, Xianwei; Zhou, Min; Bi, Wenxuan; Tang, Liang (2009), Prophalangopsis obscura Walker 1869, doi:10.5281/ZENODO.6223350, retrieved 2022-08-12
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