Sphodromantis gracilicollis gracilicollis Beier, 1930

Figs. 185–187

Sphodromantis gracilicollis Beier, 1930: 452–453 .

= Hierodula (Sphodromantis) gracilinota Beier, 1935: 87 . (replacement name for homonymy reasons)

Type locality. Bibianaha, Ghana .

Distribution. Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (Gillon & Roy 1968; La Greca 1967; Ragge & Roy 1967; Roy 1963, 1964b, 1965a, 1975, 2010; Roy & Leston 1975).

Records. CSC: ♁, new station, IV.–VI.2021, E. Frank leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 559).

Remarks. A forest species known from several localities in Ivory Coast, including Lamto (Gillon & Roy 1968; Miles 2021; Roy 1964a, 1975); not as strictly bound to closed rainforests as S. aurea Giglio-Tos, 1917 . First instar nymphs are green and do not mimic ants (pers. obs.).