Heterochaeta strachani ( Kirby, 1904 )

Schwarz, Christian J., Pohl, Marius & Frank, Erik T., 2023, A preliminary checklist of the praying mantids of Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast (Insecta: Mantodea), Zootaxa 5373 (1), pp. 1-64 : 22-24

Heterochaeta strachani ( Kirby, 1904)

Figs. 69–70

Pseudochaeta strachani Kirby, 1904: 88 .

= Stenovates spectrum Rehn, 1949: 215–219 , pl. VI, Fig. 21 .

Type localities. (P. s.) Lagos, Nigeria; (S. s.) Monrovia, Liberia.

Distribution. Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Tchad ( Beier 1968; Gillon & Roy 1968; Kirby 1904; Prost & Roy 1986; Ragge & Roy 1967; Rehn 1949; Roy 1964b, 1971b, 1975, 1977, 1978; Roy & Leston 1975).

Records. CSC: ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg.

Remarks. An ecologically generalist stick mantis inhabiting all kinds of habitats from forests to Sudan savannas.

Figures

FIGURES 69–70. Heterochaeta strachani (Kirby, 1904). Male. 69. Dorsal view. 70. Ventral view.

FIGURES 20–23. Chroicopteridae, live aspects. 20–21. Gonypetella ivoirensis. 20. Female, lateral view, note myrmecomorphy. 21. Juvenile male, anterior view. 22–23. Parentella major, female. 22. Dorsolateral view. 23. Close-up of digging device.