A preliminary checklist of the praying mantids of Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast (Insecta: Mantodea) Author Schwarz, Christian J. 0000-0002-5575-9300 Ruhr University Bochum, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, ND 1 / 31, D- 44780 Bochum, Germany Author Pohl, Marius 0000-0002-9342-0172 Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität M ̧ nster, H ̧ fferstrasse 1, 48149 M ̧ nster, Germany https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9342 - 0172 Author Frank, Erik T. 0000-0002-2066-3202 Ruhr University Bochum, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, ND 1 / 31, D- 44780 Bochum, Germany & Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocentre, University of W ̧ rzburg, Am Hubland, D- 97074 W ̧ rzburg, Germany https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2066 - 3202 * Corresponding author. ChristianSchw @ gmx. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5575 - 9300 & Ruhr University Bochum, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, ND 1 / 31, D- 44780 Bochum, Germany nSchw@gmx. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-11-14 5373 1 1 64 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5373.1.1/52273 journal article 279391 10.11646/zootaxa.5373.1.1 2a44dbbe-32b9-40f9-9899-afa3170c79c8 1175-5334 10145768 51184B8D-2D44-466C-B5CD-D043F4563532 Sphodromantis lineola lineola ( Burmeister, 1838 ) Figs. 176–180 , 183–184 Mantis ( Stagmatoptera ) lineola Burmeister, 1838: 537 . Type locality. Sierra Leone . Distribution. Senegal , Mauritania , Guinea-Bissau , Guinea , Sierra Leone , Liberia , Mali , Ivory Coast , Burkina Faso , Ghana , Benin , Niger , Nigeria , Cameroon ( Beier 1968 ; Bolívar 1908a ; Burmeister 1838 ; Chopard 1954 ; Gillon & Roy 1968 ; La Greca 1967 , 1969 ; Lombardo 1991 ; Miles 2021 ; Prost & Roy 1986 ; Ragge & Roy 1967 ; Rehn 1949 ; Roy 1963 , 1964b , 1965a , 1967, 1968b, 1970b, 1971a, b, c, 1975, 1978, 2010; Roy & Leston 1975 ). FIGURES 181–184 . Mantidae , live aspect. 181–182. Mantis religiosa eichleri . 183–184. Sphodromantis l. lineola . 181. Subadult male. 182. Adult female feeding. 183. First instar nymph. 184. Medium-sized nymph. Records. CSC: ♀ , old camp, 10.–15.X.2000 , C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀ , old camp, 16.XI.2000 , C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, old camp, 17.XI.2000 , C. J. Schwarz leg.; 9 juv. , old camp, X.–. XI.2000 , C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018 , M. Pohl leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 467). Remarks. Next to Polyspilota aeruginosa the most common mantis in the Park. Contrary to the former, S. lineola prefers forest edges and open savanna. This species occurs in two male morphs, one with a broader metazona, distributed mainly in the southern forest block, and a savanna form with a more slender metazona. Both forms co-occur in the CNP. Cohorts of freshly hatched nymphs ( Fig. 183 ) mimic aggregations of the ant Oecophylla longinoda ( Edmunds 1972 ; pers. obs.).