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 Popa spurca spurca Stål, 1856 Figs. 152–156 Popa spurca Stål, 1856: 169 . = Popa batesi Saussure & Zehntner, 1895: 230–233 . = Popa servillei Giglio-Tos, 1907: 3–4 . = Popa stuhlmanni Rehn, 1914: 26–29 . Type localities. ( P. sp .) Durban , RSA ; ( P. b .) Imérina , Madagascar ; ( P. se. ) Antananarivo , Madagascar ; ( P. st. ) Ituri , DRC . FIGURES 152–156 . Popa spurca spurca Stål, 1856 . 152–153. Female. 154–156. Male. 152, 154. Dorsal view. 153, 155–156. Ventral view. 156. Genitalia. Distribution. Senegal to RSA , Madagascar ( Lombardo 1995 ). Records. CSC: juv., old camp, XI.2000 , C. J. Schwarz leg.; juv. ♀ , old camp, P-Gen. leg. juv. XI.2000 , captive bred (F1), 16.II.2002 , C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀ , old camp, P-Gen. leg. juv. XI.2000 , captive bred (F1), 24.II.2002 , C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀ , old camp, P-Gen. leg. juv. XI.2000 , captive bred (F1), III.2002 , C. J. Schwarz leg.; juv. ♀ , old camp, P-Gen. leg. juv. XI.2000 , captive bred (F1), III.2002 , C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, old camp, P-Gen. leg. juv. XI.2000 , captive bred (F1), 02.V.2002 , C. J. Schwarz leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 165); 2 ♀♀ , old camp, P-Gen. leg. juv. XI.2000 , captive bred (F1), VII.2002 , C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀ , old camp, P-Gen. leg. juv. XI.2000 , captive bred, 07.VII.2004 , C. J. Schwarz leg.; 4 oothecae, old camp, P-Gen. leg. juv. XI.2000 , captive laid 2001– 2004, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018 , M. Pohl leg.; ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018 , M. Pohl leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 473). SMNK : 2 ♁♁ + ♀ + 5 exuviae + 2 oothecae, old camp, P-Gen. leg. juv. XI.2000 , captive bred, ded. C. J. Schwarz (SMNK-Mant. 07580–07588) . Remarks. An arboricolous “short stick mantis” distributed in wooded savannas of Africa south of the Sahara. A second subspecies inhabits Ethiopia to Tanzania east of the Rift Valley ( Lombardo 1995 ). The biology of Ivorian populations was described by Schwarz (2004) .