Hoplocorypha nigerica Beier, 1930

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 : 29-30

Hoplocorypha nigerica Beier, 1930

Figs. 83–90

Hoplocorypha nigerica Beier, 1930: 446 .

Type locality. Azare , Nigeria.

Distribution. Mauritania, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria ( Beier 1930; Gillon & Roy 1968; Prost & Roy 1986; Roy 1962a, 1967, 1968b, 1969, 1970b, 1971a, b, 1975, 1978; Roy & Leston 1975).

Records. CSC: ♁, old camp, 20.–30.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 258); ♁, new station, 03.IV.–12.V.2017, M. Pohl leg.; ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg.. SMNK: ♀, Modi Khola valley Namarjung (28.18° N, 84.6° E), 1000 m elev., 15.X.1983, S. Ingrisch leg. (SMNK-Mant. 04307) .

Remarks. Widely distributed in the savanna belt of West Africa from Senegal to Nigeria. Recorded from the CNP by Gillon & Roy (1968). Terricolous, preferring sparsely vegetated areas and short grass tufts.

Figures

FIGURES 83–87. Hoplocorypha nigerica Beier, 1930. 83–84. Female. 85–87. Male. 83, 85. Dorsal view. 84, 86–87. Ventral view. 87. Genitalia.

FIGURES 88–90. Hoplocorypha nigerica, live aspects. 88. Dorsolateral view of male forebody. 89. Dorsolateral view of female forebody. 90. Mating pair from Ghana.