Maculatoscelis ascalaphoides (Bolivar, 1908)

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 : 122

Maculatoscelis ascalaphoides (Bolivar, 1908)

Bolivar 1908b. Dt. Ent. Z. 1908: 514.

Type locality. -

Cameroon.

Material examined. -

CAR, Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve, Bayanga, UV trap 15-20.II.1986 (♂) (Collector PA) (IDM); Dzanga-Ndoki NP, Lidjombo, platform on the canopy 35m, “Azobé” Lophira alata , Ochnaceae, UV trap 01.II.2005 (2♂) (Collector PA) (IDM and RCNM); Lidjombo, in a little bay, UV trap 06.II.2005 (♂) (Collector PA) (IDM); Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve, Bayanga, platform on the canopy 44m, “Kungu” Piptadenastrium africanum , Fabaceae, UV trap 23.X.2008 (♂) (Collector PA) (IDM); Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Lake 1, platform on the canopy 35m, “Azobé” Lophira alata , Ochnaceae, UV trap 21.XI.2010 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (RCNM); Lake 5, little clearing in the forest, UV trap 29.XI.2010 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (IDM); Lake 1, platform on the canopy 45m, “Azobé” Lophira alata , Ochnaceae, UV trap 29.XI-01.XII.2010 (2♂) (Collector NM and PA) (IDM); Molongo, UV trap 24-25.I.2012 (2♂) (Collector NM and PA) (RCNM); Lake 1, platform on the canopy 38m, “Azobé” Lophira alata , Ochnaceae, UV trap 08-12.II.2012 (2♂) (Collector NM and PA) (RCNM); Lake 1, platform on the canopy 45m, “Ayous” Triplochiton scleroxylon , Sterculariaceae, UV trap 15.II.2012 (2♂) (Collector NM and PA) (IDM); Lake 3, UV trap 15.II.2012 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (IDM); Lake 1, base camp, night capture 17.II.2012 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (IDM); Lake 1, platform on the canopy 45m, “Ayous” Triplochiton scleroxylon , Sterculariaceae, UV trap 24.II.2012 (2♂) (Collector NM and PA) (IDM).

Distribution. -

Angola, Cameroon, CAR, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Tanzania.