Congoharpax aberrans La Greca, 1954

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 : 33

Congoharpax aberrans La Greca, 1954

Figs. 103–104, 107

Congoharpax aberrans La Greca, 1954: 38–39 , Figs 31–33 .

= Galinthias lobipes Chopard, 1954: 22–23 , Fig. 1 a-b.

Type localities. (C. a.) Mongbwalu, DRC; (G. l.) Nimba Mts., Guinea.

Distribution. Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, CAR, DRC ( Chopard 1954; Gillon & Roy 1968; La Greca 1954b; Moulin et al. 2017; Roy 1963, 1964b, 1965a, 1973a, b, 1975, 2018; Roy & Leston 1975).

Records. CSC: ♁, new station, 03.IV.–12. V.2017, M. Pohl leg.

Remarks. The genus Congoharpax is essentially a rainforest taxon.The capture of a male in the CNP underscores the role of gallery forests as dispersal corridors for rainforest organisms to the north into the Guinea savanna.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Vegetation map of the Comoé National Park, and its location in Ivory Coast (from OIPR 2017). Redefined Park borders after Ouattara (2018).

FIGURES 103–108. Galinthiadidae.103–104, 107. Congoharpax aberrans La Greca, 1954. Male. 105–106, 108. Pseudoharpax francoisi Bolívar, 1908. Male. 103, 105. Dorsal view. 104, 106. Ventral view. 107–108. Anterior view of head.

FIGURES 30–35. Amorphoscelis pulchra Bolívar, 1908. 30–31, 34. Female. 32–33, 35. Male from Ghana. 30, 32. Dorsal view. 31, 33, 35. Ventral view. 34. Anterior view of head. 35. Genitalia.