Tarachodes (Tarachodina) gerstaeckeri Werner, 1907

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 : 123

Tarachodes (Tarachodina) gerstaeckeri Werner, 1907

Werner 1907. Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 116: 215.

Type locality. -

Banyaya (Cameroon).

Material examined. -

CAR, Komassa, UV trap 05.VIII.1966 (♂) (Collector M. Boulard) ( MNHN); Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve, between Bayanga and Lidjombo, PK21, UV trap 16.VI.1998 (♂) (Collector PA) (RCNM); Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Lake 1, base camp, UV trap 28.XI.2010 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (IDM); Lake 5, in a little clearing, UV trap 29.XI.2010 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (IDM); Lake 1, base camp, UV trap 07-12.II.2012 (4♂) (Collector NM and PA) (IDM and RCNM); Lake 1, base camp, laboratory tent, Genitalia Moulin NM0067 (1♂), night capture 14.II.2012 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (RCNM); Lake 3, Genitalia Moulin NM0066 (1♂), UV trap 18.II.2012 (2♂) (Collector NM and PA) (IDM and RCNM); Lake 1, base camp, UV trap 19.II.2012 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (IDM); Mboki, Sangha river bank, trunk, barcoding BOLD NMMAN11-400 (♂), day capture 19.II.2012 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (RCNM); Lake 1, base camp, platform on the canopy 45m, “Ayous”, Triplochiton scleroxylon , Sterculariaceae, UV trap 23.II.2012 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (IDM); Lake 1, base camp, laboratory tent, night capture 24.II.2012 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (RCNM); Lake 1, base camp, platform on the canopy 45m, “Ayous” Triplochiton scleroxylon , Sterculariaceae, Genitalia Moulin NM0063 (1♂), UV trap 24.II.2012 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (RCNM); Lake 3, platform on the canopy 40m, “Sapelli”, Entandrophragma cylindricum , Meliaceae, Genitalia Moulin NM0079 (1♂), UV trap 26.II.2012 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (RCNM); Lake 1, prospection on “M’Boko” Balanites wilsoniana , Zygophylaceae, trunk, day capture 28.II.2012 (♂) (Collector G. Duvot and E. Le Couillard) (RCNM).

Distribution. -

Cameroon, CAR, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Gabon.