Cataspilota calabarica Westwood, 1889

Moulin, Nicolas, Decaens, Thibaud & Annoyer, Philippe, 2017, Diversity of mantids (Dictyoptera: Mantodea) of Sangha-Mbaere Region, Central African Republic, with some ecological data and DNA barcoding, Journal of Orthoptera Research 26 (2), pp. 117-141 : 132

Cataspilota calabarica Westwood, 1889

Westwood, 1889. Revis. Mantid. p. 35.

Type locality. -

Calabar (Nigeria).

Material examined. -

CAR, Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve, Bayanga, Sangha river bank, UV trap 09.X.2008 (2♂) (Collector PA) (IDM); Bayanga, UV trap 19.X.2008 (♂) (Collector PA) (IDM); Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Lake 1, platform on the canopy 45m, “Azobé” Lophira alata , Ochnaceae, UV trap 01.XII.2010 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (RCNM); Lake 1, platform on the canopy 38m, “Azobé” Lophira alata , Ochnaceae, Genitalia Moulin NM0089, UV trap 03.II.2012 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (RCNM); Lake1, base camp, laboratory tent, night capture 13.II.2012 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (RCNM).

Distribution. -

Bioko Island, Cameroon, CAR, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria.