A survey of the praying mantises of Rwanda, including new records (Insecta, Mantodea)
Author
Tedrow, Riley
Author
Nathan, Kabanguka
Author
Richard, Nasasira
Author
Svenson, Gavin J.
text
Zootaxa
2015
4027
1
67
100
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4027.1.3
4f978883-3c7c-4029-bf1a-65ae0573e148
1175-5326
239765
A106E756-1D48-4034-9A40-9C1818A9DE54
AMORPHOSCELIDAE
Stål, 1877
Amorphoscelis pulchella
Giglio-Tos, 1913
(
Figs
1
I, 10C–D)
Sampling.
ANP.1—One female (GSMC004744). ANP.3—Eight males (GSMC004733–40), nine females (GSMC004741–43, GSMC004745–50), and 29 nymphs (GSMC004751–2, GSMC004850–76).
Distribution.
Species within the genus
Amorphoscelis
range across Africa, Indo-Malaysia, and
Sri Lanka
, but
A. pulchella
is the first species within the genus recorded in
Rwanda
.
Amorphoscelis pulchella
is previously recorded in
Angola
,
Congo
,
Uganda
, and
Zimbabwe
.