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 Congoharpax aberrans La Greca, 1954 Figs. 103–104, 107 Congoharpax aberrans La Greca, 1954: 38–39 , Figs 31–33 . = Galinthias lobipes Chopard, 1954: 22–23 , Fig. 1 a-b. Type localities. ( C. a .) Mongbwalu, DRC ; ( G. l .) Nimba Mts., Guinea . Distribution. Guinea , Ivory Coast , Ghana , Cameroon , Gabon , CAR , DRC ( Chopard 1954 ; Gillon & Roy 1968 ; La Greca 1954b ; Moulin et al. 2017 ; Roy 1963 , 1964b , 1965a , 1973a , b, 1975, 2018; Roy & Leston 1975 ). Records. CSC: ♁, new station, 03.IV.–12. V .2017 , M. Pohl leg. Remarks. The genus Congoharpax is essentially a rainforest taxon.The capture of a male in the CNP underscores the role of gallery forests as dispersal corridors for rainforest organisms to the north into the Guinea savanna.