Oxypilus (Oxypilus) gillonae Roy, 1966

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 : 41-42

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scientific name	Oxypilus (Oxypilus) gillonae Roy, 1966
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Oxypilus (Oxypilus) gillonae Roy, 1966 View in CoL

Figs. 129–139 View FIGURES 129–135 View FIGURES 136–139

Oxypilus (Oxypilus) gillonae Roy, 1966: 1437–1440 View in CoL , Figs 3 View FIGURES 2–4 , 6e View FIGURES 5–7 , 15, 16 View FIGURES 15–19 .

Type locality. Lamto, Ivory Coast.

Distribution. Ivory Coast ( Gillon & Roy 1968; Roy 1966, 1975; Roy & Stiewe 2013).

Records. CSC: ♁, old camp, lux, 10.–20.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 256); ♁, old camp, lux, 24.–25.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 476); ♁ ♀, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg.; ♁, new station, P-Gen. leg. M. Pohl 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, captive bred, I.2019, C. J. Schwarz leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 446); ♁, new station, P-Gen. leg. M. Pohl 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, captive bred, I.2019, C. J. Schwarz leg.; 2 ♁♁ + ♀, new station, PGen. leg. M. Pohl 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, captive bred, II.2019, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁ + 4 juv. ♁♁ + juv. ♀, new station, P-Gen. leg. M. Pohl 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, captive bred, II.2019, C. J. Schwarz leg. (alc.).

Remarks. This species was so far only known from Lamto, Ivory Coast. It is actually also very common in the CNP. Nymphs and adults are very active, displaying frequently ( Figs. 137, 139 View FIGURES 136–139 ).