Tarachina occidentalis Giglio-Tos 1915
- 1. Ruhr University Bochum, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, ND 1 / 31, D- 44780 Bochum, Germany
- 2. Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität M ̧ nster, H ̧ fferstrasse 1, 48149 M ̧ nster, Germany https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9342 - 0172
- 3. 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
Description
Tarachina occidentalis Giglio-Tos, 1915
Figs. 8–12
Tarachina occidentalis Giglio-Tos, 1915: 34–35.
= Microbolbella nana Sj ̂stedt, 1930: 24, pl. 6, fig. 1a–d.
Type localities. (T. o.) Thiès, Senegal; (M. n.) Guinea.
Distribution. Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Cameroon (Beier 1968; Giglio-Tos 1915b; Prost & Roy 1986; Roy 1962a, 1969, 1971b; Sĵstedt 1930).
Records. CSC: ♁, old camp, 20.X.2000, lux, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, old camp, 20.–31.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 264); ♁, old camp, 25.X.2000, lux, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, old camp, 26.X.2000, lux, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀, old camp, 20.–31.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, new station, 03.IV.–12.V.2017, M. Pohl leg.; juv. ♀, new station, 03.IV.–12.V.2017, M. Pohl leg.; ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg.; ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg. (alc.).
Remarks. Rather common in the northern parts of the country. Males are attracted to lights in large numbers. Nymphs and adult females are terricolous and myrmecomorphic, but of a more generalized type than the following species.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- T
- Family
- Chroicopteridae
- Genus
- Tarachina
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Mantodea
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Giglio-Tos
- Species
- occidentalis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Tarachina occidentalis Giglio-Tos, 1915 sec. Schwarz, Pohl & Frank, 2023
References
- Beier, M. (1968) Die Mantiden der Ausbeute Dr. Mir. Mrazek und I. Korecka aus der Republik Guinea. Acta Musei Moraviae, 53, 249 - 252.
- Giglio-Tos, E. (1915 b) Mantidi esotici. Generi e specie nuove. Bullettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 46, 31 - 108.
- Prost, A. & Roy, R. (1986) Les Mantes du Burkina Faso (ex-Republique de Haute-Volta). Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Serie A, 45, 66 - 117.
- Roy, R. (1962 a) Le Parc National du Niokolo-Koba (2 eme fasc.). VI. Dictyoptera Mantodea. Memoirs de l'Institute Francais d ' Afrique Noire, 62, 91 - 103, 1 pl.
- Roy, R. (1969) Le Parc National du Niokolo-Kobe (Senegal). Fascicule III. VII. Dictyoptera Mantodea (2 eme note). Memoires de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, 84, 97 - 112.
- Roy, R. (1971 b) Contribution a la connaissance des Mantes de Haute-Volta. Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Serie A, 33, 536 - 548.