Popa spurca spurca Stål, 1856

Figs. 152–156

Popa spurca Stål, 1856: 169 .

= Popa batesi Saussure & Zehntner, 1895: 230–233 .

= Popa servillei Giglio-Tos, 1907: 3–4 .

= Popa stuhlmanni Rehn, 1914: 26–29 .

Type localities. (P. sp.) Durban, RSA; (P. b.) Imérina, Madagascar; (P. se.) Antananarivo, Madagascar; (P. st.) Ituri, DRC .

Distribution. Senegal to RSA, Madagascar (Lombardo 1995).

Records. CSC: juv., old camp, XI.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; juv. ♀, old camp, P-Gen. leg. juv. XI.2000, captive bred (F1), 16.II.2002, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀, old camp, P-Gen. leg. juv. XI.2000, captive bred (F1), 24.II.2002, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀, old camp, P-Gen. leg. juv. XI.2000, captive bred (F1), III.2002, C. J. Schwarz leg.; juv. ♀, old camp, P-Gen. leg. juv. XI.2000, captive bred (F1), III.2002, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, old camp, P-Gen. leg. juv. XI.2000, captive bred (F1), 02.V.2002, C. J. Schwarz leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 165); 2 ♀♀, old camp, P-Gen. leg. juv. XI.2000, captive bred (F1), VII.2002, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀, old camp, P-Gen. leg. juv. XI.2000, captive bred, 07.VII.2004, C. J. Schwarz leg.; 4 oothecae, old camp, P-Gen. leg. juv. XI.2000, captive laid 2001– 2004, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg.; ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 473). SMNK: 2 ♁♁ + ♀ + 5 exuviae + 2 oothecae, old camp, P-Gen. leg. juv. XI.2000, captive bred, ded. C. J. Schwarz (SMNK-Mant. 07580–07588) .

Remarks. An arboricolous “short stick mantis” distributed in wooded savannas of Africa south of the Sahara. A second subspecies inhabits Ethiopia to Tanzania east of the Rift Valley (Lombardo 1995). The biology of Ivorian populations was described by Schwarz (2004).