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Mantophasmatidae
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<p>Mantophasmatidae is a <a href="/facts/Family_(biology)/qTrn6E8E">family</a> of carnivorous wingless insects within the <a href="/facts/Monotypic/QvoM9aGP">monotypic</a> order Mantophasmatodea, which was discovered in Africa in 2001. Recent evidence indicates a <a href="/facts/Sister_group/pNNuVex4">sister group</a> relationship with <a href="/facts/Grylloblattidae/9CwSgv1u">Grylloblattidae</a> (classified in the order <a href="/facts/Grylloblattodea/9CwSgv1u">Grylloblattodea</a>), and Arillo and Engel have combined the two groups into a single order, <a href="/facts/Notoptera/GyvEaNbX">Notoptera</a>, with Grylloblattodea and Mantophasmatodea ranked as suborders. </p>