Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos 1915
Description
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.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Hymenopodidae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Mantodea
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Giglio-Tos
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1915 sec. Tedrow, Nathan, Richard & Svenson, 2015
References
- Giglio-Tos, E. (1915) Mantidi Esotici: Generi e specie nuove. Bullettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 46, 31 - 108.
- Roy, R. (1999) Mise a jour des connaissances pour le genre Oxypilus AUDINET-SERVILLE, 1831 (Mantodea, Hymenopodidae). - Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France, 104, 327 - 335.
- Sjostedt, Y. (1909) Wissenshaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905 - 1906. Koniglich Schwedische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 3, 1 - 636.
- Stal, C. (1856) Orthoptera cursoria och Locustina fran Cafferlandet. Ofversigt af Kongliga vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar, 13, 165 - 170.