A preliminary checklist of the praying mantids of Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast (Insecta: Mantodea) Author Schwarz, Christian J. Ruhr University Bochum, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, ND 1 / 31, D- 44780 Bochum, Germany Author Pohl, Marius rg/0000-0002-9342-0 Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität M ̧ nster, H ̧ fferstrasse 1, 48149 M ̧ nster, Germany https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9342 - 0172 Author Frank, Erik T. g/0000-0002-2066-320 Ruhr University Bochum, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, ND 1 / 31, D- 44780 Bochum, Germany & Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocentre, University of W ̧ rzburg, Am Hubland, D- 97074 W ̧ rzburg, Germany https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2066 - 3202 * Corresponding author. ChristianSchw @ gmx. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5575 - 9300 & Ruhr University Bochum, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, ND 1 / 31, D- 44780 Bochum, Germany nSchw@gmx. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-11-14 5373 1 1 64 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5373.1.1/52273 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5373.1.1 1175-5334 10145768 51184B8D-2D44-466C-B5CD-D043F4563532 Phyllocrania paradoxa Burmeister, 1838 Figs. 112–115 Phyllocrania paradoxa Burmeister, 1838: 549 . = Phyllocrania insignis Westwood, 1843: 51 , pl. 62, Fig. 1 . = Phyllocrania illudens Saussure & Zehntner, 1895: 221−222 , pl. 10, Fig. 39 . Type localities. ( P. p .) Cape region , RSA ; ( P. in .) Sierra Leone ; ( P. ill .) Imérina, Madagascar . Distribution. Africa south of the Sahara, Madagascar ( Roy 1963 , 1987 a , 2018). Records. CSC: ♁ ♀ , new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018 , M. Pohl leg. FIGURES 112–115 . Phyllocrania paradoxa Burmeister, 1838 . 112–113. Female. Note that the vertex process is partially missing in this specimen. 114–115. Male. 112, 114. Dorsal view. 113, 115. Ventral view. Remarks. The shape of the vertex process and of the pronotal and leg lobes varies considerably across the extensive range of the species, contrasting with low intraspecific variability observed in the male genitalia ( Roy 1963 ; pers. obs.).