Tarachina occidentalis Giglio-Tos, 1915

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 : 9-10

Tarachina occidentalis Giglio-Tos, 1915

Figs. 8–12

Tarachina occidentalis Giglio-Tos, 1915: 34–35 .

= Microbolbella nana Sj ̂stedt, 1930: 24, pl. 6, fig. 1a–d.

Type localities. (T. o.) Thiès, Senegal; (M. n.) Guinea .

Distribution. Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Cameroon ( Beier 1968; Giglio-Tos 1915b; Prost & Roy 1986; Roy 1962a, 1969, 1971b; Sĵstedt 1930).

Records. CSC: ♁, old camp, 20.X.2000, lux, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, old camp, 20.–31.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 264); ♁, old camp, 25.X.2000, lux, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, old camp, 26.X.2000, lux, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀, old camp, 20.–31.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, new station, 03.IV.–12.V.2017, M. Pohl leg.; juv. ♀, new station, 03.IV.–12.V.2017, M. Pohl leg.; ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg.; ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg. (alc.).

Remarks. Rather common in the northern parts of the country. Males are attracted to lights in large numbers. Nymphs and adult females are terricolous and myrmecomorphic, but of a more generalized type than the following species.

Figures

FIGURES 8–12. Tarachina occidentalis Giglio-Tos, 1915. 8–9. Female. 10–12. Male. 8, 10. Dorsal view. 9, 11–12. Ventral view. 12. Genitalia.