AMORPHOSCELIDAE Stål, 1877

Tedrow, Riley, Nathan, Kabanguka, Richard, Nasasira & Svenson, Gavin J., 2015, A survey of the praying mantises of Rwanda, including new records (Insecta, Mantodea), Zootaxa 4027 (1), pp. 67-100 : 70

AMORPHOSCELIDAE Stål, 1877

Amorphoscelis pulchella Giglio-Tos, 1913 ( Figs 1 I, 10C–D)

Sampling. ANP.1—One female (GSMC004744). ANP.3—Eight males (GSMC004733–40), nine females (GSMC004741–43, GSMC004745–50), and 29 nymphs (GSMC004751–2, GSMC004850–76).

Distribution. Species within the genus Amorphoscelis range across Africa, Indo-Malaysia, and Sri Lanka, but A. pulchella is the first species within the genus recorded in Rwanda. Amorphoscelis pulchella is previously recorded in Angola, Congo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Live habitus. A, Oxypilus montanus (male) from ANP; B, Oxypilus meruensis (male) from NNP; C, Galinthias meruensis (male) from ANP; D, Galinthias amoena (male) from ANP; E, Pseudoharpax crenaticollis (female) from ANP; F, Pseudocreobotra sp. (juv.) from ADR; G, Pseudocreobotra sp. (juv.) from ANP; H, Theopompella cf. westwoodi (male) from NNP; I, Amorphoscelis pulchella (male) from ANP.