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 Pyrgomantis pallida Giglio-Tos, 1917 Figs. 60–68 Pyrgomantis pallida Giglio-Tos, 1917: 106 . Type locality. Rei-Bouba , Cameroon . Distribution. Guinea , Sierra Leone , Ivory Coast , Burkina Faso , Ghana , Togo , Nigeria , Cameroon , DRC ( Beier 1957a , 1968 ; Giglio-Tos 1917a ; Gillon & Roy 1968 ; Prost & Roy 1986 ; Ragge & Roy 1967 ; Roy 1963 , 1964b , 1965a , 1971b , c, 1975; Roy & Leston 1975 ). Records. CSC: ♁, old camp, 24.X.2000 , C. J. Schwarz leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 233); ♀ , old camp, 16.X.2000 , C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀ , old camp, 24.X.2000 , C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀ , old camp, 25.X.2000 , C. J. Schwarz leg.; 2 juv. ♁♁, old camp, X.–XI.2000 , C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, new station, 03.IV.–12.V.2017 , M. Pohl leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 318); 2 ♁♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018 , M. Pohl leg.; ♀ , new station, 22.IV.–01.VI.2019 , M. Pohl leg. Remarks. Like the previous taxon, a savanna species, living in grass tufts and showing morphological and behavioral adaptations to this habitat. Females practice maternal care by guarding the ootheca against invertebrate predators ( Gillon & Roy 1968 ; pers. obs.).