Viridiphasma, Picker Klaus-Dieter Klass, 2011

Picker Klaus-Dieter Klass, Monika J. B. Eberhard Mike D., 2011, Sympatry in Mantophasmatodea, with the description of a new species and phylogenetic considerations, Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 11 (1), pp. 43-59 : 45

Viridiphasma gen. n.

Etymology The name is composed from the Latin adjective ‘viridis’ (= green), reflecting the bright green live colouration in the single known species of this genus, and the Classical Greek noun ‘to phasma’ (= apparition, phantom), a frequent component of names for stick insect and mantophasmatodean genera, e.g. Mantophasma Zompro, Klass, Kristensen & Adis, 2002 . As in other such composites ending in ‘- phasma’, the nomenclatural gender of the genus name is neuter (see also Damgaard et al. 2008; Zompro 2005).