Mantis religiosa eichleri Bazyluk, 1960

Figs. 168–169, 181–182

Mantis religiosa eichleri Bazyluk, 1960: 250–253, Figs 6, 15–16, 26, 33, 43–44, 54.

= Mantis pia Audinet-Serville, 1838: 193 .

= Mantis capensis Saussure, 1872: 46–47 .

= Mantis religiosa var. major Gerstaecker, 1873: 12 .

Type localities. (M. r. e.) Livingstone, Zambia; (M. p.) Cape region, RSA; (M. c.) Cape region, RSA.

Distribution. Africa south of the Sahara (Berg et al. 2011).

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

Remarks. The “European” Mantis is much less common in tropical habitats than in subtropical and temperate parts of its extensive range (Siberia to Cape region, Portugal to Timor, introduced in the USA: Berg et al. 2011, Anderson 2018).