Polyspilota aeruginosa (Goeze, 1778)

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 : 133

Polyspilota aeruginosa (Goeze, 1778)

Goeze 1778. Ent. Beitrag. 2: 35.

Type locality. -

Unknown.

Material examined. -

CAR, Dzanga-Sangha Reserve Special, between Bayanga and Lidjombo, PK15, UV trap 31.V.1998 (♀) (Collector PA) (RCNM); between Bayanga and Lidjombo, PK21, UV trap 15.VI.1998 (♂) (Collector PA) (IDM); Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Molongo, UV trap 15.XI.2010 (2♂) (Collector NM and PA) (IDM); Lake 1, platform on the canopy 45m, “Azobé” Lophira alata , Ochnaceae, UV trap 22.XI-01-XII.2010 (1♂; 1♀) (Collector NM and PA) (RCNM); Bambio, leaf, day capture 24.I.2012 (4 nymph) (Collector NM and PA) (RCNM); Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Lake 6, leaf, day capture 03.II.2012 (nymph) (Collector NM and PA) (RCNM); Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve, Bayanga, Doli Lodge, leaf, barcoding BOLD NMMAN11-401, night capture 16.II.2012 (♀) (Collector NM and PA); Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Lake 1, base camp, laboratory tent, barcoding BOLD NMMAN11-436, night capture 20.II.2012 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (RCNM); Lake 3, barcoding BOLD NMMAN11-447, UV trap 22.II.2012 (♀) (Collector NM and PA) (RCNM); Lake 1, platform on the canopy 45m, “Ayous” Triplochiton scleroxylon , Sterculariaceae, barcoding BOLD NMMAN11-444 (1♂) and -501 (1♂), UV trap 15-24.II.2012 (2♂) (Collector NM and PA) (RCNM); Molongo, Sangha river bank, leaf, day capture 05.III.2012 (2 nymph) (Collector NM and PA) (RCNM); Molongo, Sangha river bank, leaf, barcoding BOLD NMMAN11-442, night capture 08.III.2012 (♂) (Collector NM and PA) (RCNM).

Distribution. -

Angola, Cameroon, Cape Verde, CAR, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe.