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Polyspilota aeruginosa

  • 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

Polyspilota aeruginosa (Goeze 1778)

Figs. 170–173

Mantis aeruginosa Goeze, 1778: 35.

= Mantis rubro-maculata Goeze, 1778: 35.

= Mantis variegata Olivier, 1792: 638.

= Mantis adspersa Lichtenstein, 1802: 30.

= Mantis striata Stoll, 1813: 34–35, pl. 11, Fig. 41.

= Mantis pustulata Stoll, 1813: 59, pl. 20, Fig. 73.

= Mantis nebulosa Thunberg, 1815: 288–289.

= Mantis signata Thunberg, 1815: 292.

= Mantis varia Burmeister, 1838: 534.

= Mantis catenata Burmeister, 1838: 534.

= Mantis vicina Audinet-Serville, 1838: 187.

Type localities. (M. v. = M. s.) Angola; (M. p.) “ Ambon island”; (M. v.) Sierra Leone; (M. c.) Sierra Leone; (M. v.) Senegal.

Distribution. Africa south of the Sahara, Cape Verde, Madagascar, Comoros (Roy 1987a, b).

Records. CSC: ♁ ♀, old camp, 20.–31.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀, old camp, 28.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀, old camp, X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀, old camp, 01.–04.XI.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; 3 juv., old camp, X.–XI.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; 2 ♁♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg.

Remarks. The most common and conspicuous praying mantis in the CNP, prefers wooded areas.

Notes

Published as part of Schwarz, Christian J., Pohl, Marius & Frank, Erik T., 2023, A preliminary checklist of the praying mantids of Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast (Insecta: Mantodea), pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 5373 (1) on pages 50-51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10145768

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Goeze
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Mantodea
Family
Mantidae
Genus
Polyspilota
Species
aeruginosa
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Polyspilota aeruginosa (Goeze, 1778) sec. Schwarz, Pohl & Frank, 2023

References

  • Goeze, J. A. E. (1778) Entomologische Beytrage zu des Ritter Linne zw ˆ lften Ausgabe des Natursystems. Zweyter Theil. Weidmann u. Reich, Leipzig, LXXII + 352 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 45974
  • Olivier, G. A. (1792) Mante. In: Encyclopedie methodique. Histoire naturelle. Insectes. Panckoucke, Paris, pp. 616 - 642, 2 pls.
  • Lichtenstein, A. A. H. (1802) A dissertation on two natural genera hitherto confounded under the name of Mantis. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 6, 1 - 39, 2 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1802. tb 00466. x
  • Stoll, C. (1813) Representation exactement coloree d'apres nature des Spectres ou Phasmes, des Mantes, des Sauterelles, des Grillons, des Criquets et des Blattes. Qui se trouvent dans les quatre parties du monde, l'Europe, l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique. J. C. Sepp, Amsterdam, 9 + 79 pp., 25 pls. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / bibliography / 169412]
  • Thunberg, C. P. (1815) Hemipterorum maxillosorum genera illustrata - plurimisque novis speciebus ditata ac descripta. Memoires de l'Academie, 5, 211 - 301, 1 pl.
  • Burmeister, H. (1838) Fangheuschrecken. Mantodea. In: Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band. Besondere Entomologie. Zweite Abtheilung. Kaukerfe, Gymnognatha. Erste Haflte. Vulgo Orthoptera. Enslin, Berlin, pp. 517 - 552.
  • Audinet-Serville, J. G. (1838) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Orthopteres. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, XVIII + 782 pp., 14 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 16081
  • Roy, R. (1987 a) Le peuplement en Mantes des iles situees au large de l'Afrique. Bulletin de la Societe zoologique de France, 112, 117 - 125.