Polyspilota aeruginosa ( Goeze 1778 )

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 : 50-51

Polyspilota aeruginosa ( Goeze 1778)

Figs. 170–173

Mantis aeruginosa Goeze, 1778: 35 .

= Mantis rubro-maculata Goeze, 1778: 35 .

= Mantis variegata Olivier, 1792: 638 .

= Mantis adspersa Lichtenstein, 1802: 30 .

= Mantis striata Stoll, 1813: 34–35 , pl. 11, Fig. 41 .

= Mantis pustulata Stoll, 1813: 59 , pl. 20, Fig. 73 .

= Mantis nebulosa Thunberg, 1815: 288–289 .

= Mantis signata Thunberg, 1815: 292 .

= Mantis varia Burmeister, 1838: 534 .

= Mantis catenata Burmeister, 1838: 534 .

= Mantis vicina Audinet-Serville, 1838: 187 .

Type localities. ( M. v. = M. s.) Angola; ( M. p.) “ Ambon island”; ( M. v.) Sierra Leone; ( M. c.) Sierra Leone; ( M. v.) Senegal.

Distribution. Africa south of the Sahara, Cape Verde, Madagascar, Comoros ( Roy 1987a, b).

Records. CSC: ♁ ♀, old camp, 20.–31.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀, old camp, 28.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀, old camp, X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀, old camp, 01.–04.XI.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; 3 juv., old camp, X.–XI.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; 2 ♁♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg.

Remarks. The most common and conspicuous praying mantis in the CNP, prefers wooded areas.

Figures

FIGURES 170–173. Polyspilota aeruginosa (Goeze, 1778). 170–171. Female. 172–173. Male. 170, 172. Dorsal view. 171, 173. Ventral view.

FIGURES 40–41. Live aspects. 40. Amorphoscelis tigrina, female nymph. Note enlarged cercal segments. 41. Elaea marchali, female.

FIGURES 71–76. Compsothespis occidentalis Sĵstedt, 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.