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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HYMENOPODIDAE
Giglio-Tos, 1915
Pseudocreobotra
sp.
(
Fig. 1
F–G) (nymphs)
Sampling.
ANP.1—One late instar nymph (GSMC004388). ADR.1—One late instar nymph (GSMC004543).
Distribution.
Species within the genus
Pseudocreobotra
are found across the African continent with previous records within
Rwanda
.
Oxypilus montanus
Roy, 1999
(
Figs 1
A, 6D)
Sampling.
ANP.1—Two males (GSMC004330–1).
Distribution.
Species within the genus
Oxypilus
range across the African continent.
Oxypilus montanus
has previously been recorded in
Kenya
,
Rwanda
, and
Uganda
.
Oxypilus meruensis
(
Sjöstedt, 1909
)
(
Figs 1
B, 7A)
Sampling.
NNP.3—One male (GSMC004700) from ANP.
Distribution.
Oxypilus meruensis
is previously recorded in
Angola
,
Cameroon
, the
Democratic Republic of Congo
,
Eritrea
,
Ethiopia
,
Kenya
,
Malawi
,
Mozambique
,
Nigeria
,
Sudan
,
Tanzania
,
Zambia
, and
Zimbabwe
, but is new to
Rwanda
.
Sibylla pretiosa
Stål, 1856
(
Figs 5
L, 14B) (nymphs)
Sampling.
ANP.2—Four nymphs (GSMC004589, GSMC005012–14).
Distribution.
Species within the genus
Sibylla
are found across the African continent, but
S. pretiosa
is the first species within the genus recorded in
Rwanda
.
Sibylla pretiosa
is previously recorded in
Congo
,
Ethiopia
,
Kenya
,
Malawi
,
Namibia
,
Natal
,
Somalia
,
Swaziland
,
Tanzania
, Transvaal,
Uganda
,
Zambia
, and
Zimbabwe
.