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
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1175-5326
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GALINTHIADIDAE
Giglio-Tos, 1919
Galinthias amoena
(
Saussure, 1871
)
(
Fig. 1
D, 6B)
Sampling.
NNP.3—One male (GSMC004701).
Distribution.
Species within the genus
Galinthias
range across East Africa, but
G. amoena
and
G. meruensis
are the first species within the genus recorded in
Rwanda
.
Galinthias amoena
is previously been recorded in
Angola
,
Botswana
,
Cameroon
,
Central African Republic
,
Congo
,
Gabon
,
Kenya
,
Malawi
,
Mozambique
,
Namibia
,
Natal
,
South Africa
,
Somalia
,
Tanzania
, Transvaal,
Uganda
, and
Zimbabwe
.
Galinthias meruensis
Sjöstedt, 1909
(
Figs 1
C, 6A)
Sampling.
ANP.1—One male (GSMC004702) and one nymph (GSMC004390).
Distribution.
Galinthias meruensis
has previously been recorded in
Kenya
,
Malawi
,
Somalia
, and
Tanzania
.
Pseudoharpax crenaticollis
La Greca, 1954
Sampling.
ANP.2—One female (GSMC004703) and three nymphs (GSMC005015–17).
Distribution.
Species within the genus
Pseudoharpax
are found across the African continent. The species
P. crenaticollis
is previously recorded in
Burundi
,
Kenya
,
Rwanda
, and
Tanzania
.