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 Solygia sulcatifrons ( Audinet-Serville, 1838 ) Figs. 91–92 Thespis sulcatifrons Audinet-Serville, 1838: 171–172 . = Phasmomantis grandis Saussure, 1869: 69–70 . FIGURES 91–92 . Solygia sulcatifrons ( Audinet-Serville, 1838 ) . Male. 91. Dorsal view. 92. Ventral view. Type locality. ( T . s .) Cape of Good Hope and Senegal . Distribution. African savannas south of the Sahara ( Prost & Roy 1986 ; Ragge & Roy 1967 ; Roy 1962a ). Records. CSC: ♁, new station, IV.–VI.2021 , E. Frank leg. Remarks. A rarely sampled savanna specialist. Nymphs are graminicolous, later instars and adults arbusticolous. New Ivorian record.