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 Oxyothespis brevipennis Beier, 1930 Figs. 77–82 Oxyothespis brevipennis Beier, 1930: 448 . Type locality. Makongo , Ghana . FIGURES 71–76 . Compsothespis occidentalis Sj ̂stedt, 1930. 71–72, 75. Female. 73–74, 76. Male. 71, 73. Dorsal view. 72, 74, 76. Ventral view. 75. Anterodorsal view of head. 76. Genitalia. FIGURES 77–82 . Oxyothespis brevipennis Beier, 1930 . 77–78, 81. Female. 79–80, 82. Male. 77, 79. Dorsal view. 78, 80, 82. Ventral view. 81. Anterior view of head. 82. Genitalia. FIGURES 83–87 . Hoplocorypha nigerica Beier, 1930 . 83–84. Female. 85–87. Male. 83, 85. Dorsal view. 84, 86–87. Ventral view. 87. Genitalia. Distribution. Ivory Coast , Ghana ( Beier 1930 ; Gillon & Roy 1968 ; Ragge & Roy 1967 ; Roy & Leston 1975 ). Records. CSC: ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018 , M. Pohl leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 481); ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018 , M. Pohl leg.; ♁, new station, 22.IV.–01.VI.2019 , M. Pohl leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 498). Remarks. In contrast to the more northerly O. longipennis Chopard 1941 , which also occurs in Ivory Coast ( Roy & Leston 1975 ), this graminicolous species prefers Guinea savanna.