LITURGUSIDAE Giglio-Tos, 1915

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 : 72

LITURGUSIDAE Giglio-Tos, 1915

Theopompella cf. westwoodi ( Kirby, 1904) ( Figs 1 H, 9B)

Sampling. NNP.1—One male (GSMC004473).

Distribution. Species within the genus Theopompella range across the African continent but T. cf. westwoodi is the first species within the genus recorded in Rwanda. Theopompella westwoodi is previously recorded in the Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Tanzania, and Togo.

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.