Amorphoscelis pulchra Bolivar, 1908

Moulin, Nicolas, Decaens, Thibaud & Annoyer, Philippe, 2017, Diversity of mantids (Dictyoptera: Mantodea) of Sangha-Mbaere Region, Central African Republic, with some ecological data and DNA barcoding, Journal of Orthoptera Research 26 (2), pp. 117-141 : 121

Amorphoscelis pulchra Bolivar, 1908

Bolivar 1908. Dt. Ent. Z. 1908: 515.

Type locality. -

Cameroon.

Material examined. -

CAR, Salo, UV trap 11.IX.1966 (♂) (Collector M. Boulard) ( MNHN); Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Lidjombo, near little bay, UV trap 04-06.II.2005 (4♂) (Collector PA) (RCNM and IDM); Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Lake 1, platform on the canopy 35m, “Azobé” Lophira alata , Ochnaceae, UV trap 22.XI.2010 (2♂) (Collector NM and PA) (IDM); Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Lake 1, trunk, day capture 24.XI.2010 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (IDM); Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Lake 1, platform on the canopy 35m, “Azobé” Lophira alata , Ochnaceae, UV trap 25-30.XI.2010 (8♂) (Collector NM and PA) (IDM and RCNM); Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Buffalos bay UV trap 26.I.2012 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (IDM); Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Lake 1, platform on the canopy 38m, “Azobé” Lophira alata , Ochnaceae, UV trap 05-07.II.2012 (8♂) (Collector NM and PA) (IDM and RCNM); Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Lake 1, trunk, day capture 08.II.2012 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (IDM); Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Lake 1, platform on the canopy 45m, “Ayous” Triplochiton scleroxylon , Sterculariaceae, UV trap 15-24.II.2012 (10♂) (Collector NM and PA) (IDM).

Distribution. -

Cameroon, CAR, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone.