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 Heterochaeta strachani ( Kirby, 1904 ) Figs. 69–70 Pseudochaeta strachani Kirby, 1904: 88 . = Stenovates spectrum Rehn, 1949: 215–219 , pl. VI, Fig. 21 . Type localities. ( P. s. ) Lagos , Nigeria ; ( S. s. ) Monrovia, Liberia . FIGURES 60–65 . Pyrgomantis pallida Giglio-Tos, 1917 . 60–61, 64. Female. 62–63, 65. Male. 60, 62. Dorsal view. 61, 63, 65. Ventral view. 64. Anterior view of forebody. 65. Genitalia. FIGURES 66–68 . Pyrgomantis pallida , live aspects. 66. Dorsolateral view of male. 67. Portrait of male. 68. Dorsolateral view of feeding female. Distribution. Senegal , Guinea-Bissau , Guinea , Sierra Leone , Liberia , Mali , Ivory Coast , Burkina Faso , Ghana , Benin , Niger , Nigeria , Tchad ( Beier 1968 ; Gillon & Roy 1968 ; Kirby 1904 ; Prost & Roy 1986 ; Ragge & Roy 1967 ; Rehn 1949 ; Roy 1964b , 1971b , 1975, 1977, 1978; Roy & Leston 1975 ). Records. CSC: ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018 , M. Pohl leg. Remarks. An ecologically generalist stick mantis inhabiting all kinds of habitats from forests to Sudan savannas.