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 Parentella major Giglio-Tos, 1915 Figs. 15–19 , 22–23 Parentella major Giglio-Tos, 1915: 177 . = Ligaria senegalensis Roy, 1962: 94–97 , Figs 2–4 , pl. 1, Fig. a. Type localities. ( P. m. ) Cameroon ; ( L. s. ) Niokolo-Koba, Senegal . Distribution. Senegal , Guinea , Ivory Coast , Burkina Faso , Ghana , Togo , Niger , Cameroon ( Giglio-Tos 1915c ; Gillon & Roy 1968 ; Prost & Roy 1986 ; Ragge & Roy 1967 ; Roy 1962a , 1967, 1969, 1970b, 1971b, 1975, 1978; Roy & Leston 1975 ). Records. CSC: ♁, new station, 03.IV.–12.V.2017 , M. Pohl leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 324); ♀ , new station, 03.IV.–12.V.2017 , M. Pohl leg.; ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018 , M. Pohl leg.; ♁, new station, 22.IV.–01.VI.2019 , M. Pohl leg. FIGURES 15–19 . Parentella major Giglio-Tos, 1915 . 15–16. Female. 17–19. Male. 15, 17. Dorsal view. 16, 18–19. Ventral view. 19. Genitalia. Remarks. Terricolous taxon widely distributed across the Sudan savanna belt. Females deposit the oothecae underground with the help of a digging device ( Fig. 23 ) evolved at the tips of the gonapophyses VIII ( Chroicoptera type , Wieland 2013 ).