Pyrgomantis pallida Giglio-Tos, 1917

Figs. 60–68

Pyrgomantis pallida Giglio-Tos, 1917: 106 .

Type locality. Rei-Bouba, Cameroon .

Distribution. Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, DRC (Beier 1957a, 1968; Giglio-Tos 1917a; Gillon & Roy 1968; Prost & Roy 1986; Ragge & Roy 1967; Roy 1963, 1964b, 1965a, 1971b, c, 1975; Roy & Leston 1975).

Records. CSC: ♁, old camp, 24.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 233); ♀, old camp, 16.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀, old camp, 24.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀, old camp, 25.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; 2 juv. ♁♁, old camp, X.–XI.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, new station, 03.IV.–12.V.2017, M. Pohl leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 318); 2 ♁♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg.; ♀, new station, 22.IV.–01.VI.2019, M. Pohl leg.

Remarks. Like the previous taxon, a savanna species, living in grass tufts and showing morphological and behavioral adaptations to this habitat. Females practice maternal care by guarding the ootheca against invertebrate predators (Gillon & Roy 1968; pers. obs.).