Idolomorpha lateralis Burmeister, 1838

Figs. 109–111

Empusa (Idolomorpha) lateralis Burmeister, 1838: 547 .

= Empusa defoliata Audinet-Serville, 1838: 147−148 .

= Empusa (Idolomorpha) spinifrons Saussure, 1859: 61 .

Type localities. (I. l.) Sierra Leone; (E. d.) Senegal; (I. s.) „ South America “.

Distribution. Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Congo, CAR (Audinet-Serville 1838; Burmeister 1838; Chopard 1954; Gillon & Roy 1968; Prost & Roy 1986; Ragge & Roy 1967; Roy 1963, 1964a, b, 1965a, 1967, 1968a, 1971b, 1975, 2018; Roy & Leston 1975; pers. obs.).

Records. CSC: ♀, new station, 22.IV.–01.VI.2019, M. Pohl leg.

Remarks. Young nymphs are graminicolous, older nymphs and adults prefer forbs and scrubs above the grass layer.