HYMENOPODIDAE Giglio-Tos, 1915

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 : 70-71

HYMENOPODIDAE Giglio-Tos, 1915

Pseudocreobotra sp. ( Fig. 1 F–G) (nymphs)

Sampling. ANP.1—One late instar nymph (GSMC004388). ADR.1—One late instar nymph (GSMC004543). Distribution. Species within the genus Pseudocreobotra are found across the African continent with previous records within Rwanda.

Oxypilus montanus Roy, 1999 ( Figs 1 A, 6D)

Sampling. ANP.1—Two males (GSMC004330–1).

Distribution. Species within the genus Oxypilus range across the African continent. Oxypilus montanus has previously been recorded in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda.

Oxypilus meruensis ( Sjöstedt, 1909) ( Figs 1 B, 7A)

Sampling. NNP.3—One male (GSMC004700) from ANP.

Distribution. Oxypilus meruensis is previously recorded in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, but is new to Rwanda.

Sibylla pretiosa Stål, 1856 ( Figs 5 L, 14B) (nymphs)

Sampling. ANP.2—Four nymphs (GSMC004589, GSMC005012–14).

Distribution. Species within the genus Sibylla are found across the African continent, but S. pretiosa is the first species within the genus recorded in Rwanda. Sibylla pretiosa is previously recorded in Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Natal, Somalia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Transvaal, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Live habitus. A, Oxypilus montanus (male) from ANP; B, Oxypilus meruensis (male) from NNP; C, Galinthias meruensis (male) from ANP; D, Galinthias amoena (male) from ANP; E, Pseudoharpax crenaticollis (female) from ANP; F, Pseudocreobotra sp. (juv.) from ADR; G, Pseudocreobotra sp. (juv.) from ANP; H, Theopompella cf. westwoodi (male) from NNP; I, Amorphoscelis pulchella (male) from ANP.

FIGURE 5. Live habitus. A, Miomantis andreinii (female) from NNP; B, Miomantis aurea (male) from NNP; C, Miomantis pygmaea (male) from NNP; D – G, Miomantis abyssinica (D, male, green morph, from ANP; E, male, brown morph, from ANP; F, female, green morph, from ANP; G, female, brown morph, from ANP; H, Polyspilota sp. 2 (female) from ADR; I, Paramantis prasina (female) from ANP; J – K, Paramantis natalensis (J, male from ANP; K, female from ANP); L, Sibylla