Oxyothespis brevipennis Beier, 1930

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 : 25-29

Oxyothespis brevipennis Beier, 1930

Figs. 77–82

Oxyothespis brevipennis Beier, 1930: 448 .

Type locality. Makongo , Ghana.

Distribution. Ivory Coast, Ghana ( Beier 1930; Gillon & Roy 1968; Ragge & Roy 1967; Roy & Leston 1975).

Records. CSC: ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 481); ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg.; ♁, new station, 22.IV.–01.VI.2019, M. Pohl leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 498).

Remarks. In contrast to the more northerly O. longipennis Chopard 1941 , which also occurs in Ivory Coast ( Roy & Leston 1975), this graminicolous species prefers Guinea savanna.

Figures

FIGURES 77–82. Oxyothespis brevipennis Beier, 1930. 77–78, 81. Female. 79–80, 82. Male. 77, 79. Dorsal view. 78, 80, 82. Ventral view. 81. Anterior view of head. 82. Genitalia.