EMPUSIDAE Burmeister, 1838

Tedrow, Riley, Nathan, Kabanguka, Richard, Nasasira & Svenson, Gavin J., 2015, A survey of the praying mantises of Rwanda, including new records (Insecta, Mantodea), Zootaxa 4027 (1), pp. 67-100 : 70

EMPUSIDAE Burmeister, 1838

Idolomorpha dentifrons Saussure & Zehntner, 1895 ( Figs 3 B, 14C)

Sampling. ANP.2—One male (GSMC004603) and one nymph (GSMC005011).

Distribution. Species within the genus Idolomorpha range across Africa, the Middle East, and Madagascar, but I. dentifrons is the first species within the genus recorded in Rwanda. Idolomorpha dentifrons is previously recorded in Ethiopia, Cape Province, Kenya, Mozambique, Sikumba, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Transvaal, and Uganda.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Live habitus. A, Hoplocorypha lacualis (male) from ANP; B, Idolomorpha dentifrons (male) from ANP; C – D, Entella rukwaensis (C, male from ANP; D, female from ANP); E – F, Gonypetella fuscipes (E, male from ANP; F, female from ANP); G, Hapalomantis minima (female) from ANP; H, Negromantis gracillima (male) from ANP; I, Pyrgomantis nana (female) from ANP.