First assessment of the biodiversity of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) in Cameroon with DNA barcoding

Type locality. La Maboke´, CAR. Type deposition. Holotype ♂ MNHN. Material. 1♂, 2♀ (VGPC23399-400, VGPC23463): 1♀ nymph, Mbalmayo Region, Ebogo II village, primary forest 3˚23’01.6"N 11˚27’50.7"E, 1.VIII.2021, V. Govorov leg.; 1♀ nymph, same data, but 14.VIII.2021; 1♂ nymph, same data, but 21.VIII.2021. Distribution. Angola, Cameroon, CAR, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Gam- bia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria. Comments. Specimens were found exclusively on tree trunks densely covered in epiphytes, always no lower than 2 m above ground. Sibylla (Sibyllopsis) griffinii Giglio-Tos, 1915 Type locality. Nzerekore, Guinea. Type deposition. Holotype ♂ MZH. Material. 1♂ (VGPC23588): Mbalmayo Region, Ebogo II village, light trap 3˚23’38.4"N 11˚ 28’15.6"E, 25.V-2.VI.2022, J. Sˇobotnı´k leg. Distribution. Benin, Cameroon, CAR, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo. Sibylla (Sibyllopsis) pannulata Karsch, 1894 Type locality. Buea, Cameroon. Type deposition. Holotype ♂ ZMHB. Material. 15♂, 2♀ (VGPC23394-8, VGPC23594-605): 1♂, 1♀ Mbalmayo Region, Ebogo II village, light trap 3˚23’38.4"N 11˚28’15.6"E, 27.VII-1.VIII.2021, V. Govorov leg.; 8♂ same data, but 2-10.VIII.2021; 5♂ same data, but 26.I-9.III.2022, J. Sˇobotnı´k leg.; 1♂ same data, but 15. VIII-1.IX.2017, J. Synek leg.; 1♀ same data, but 1-31.III.2018, J. Synek leg. Distribution. Angola, Cameroon, CAR, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo.

Sibylla (Sibyllopsis) vanderplaetseni Roy, 1963 Type locality. Station Ziela, Mount Nimba, Guinea. Type deposition. Holotype ♂ MNHN. Material. 7♂, 1♀(VGPC23391-3, VGPC23589-93): 3♂ Mbalmayo Region, Ebogo II village, light trap 3˚23’38.4"N 11˚28’15.6"E, 30.VII-10.VIII.2021, V. Govorov leg.; 3♂ same data, but 26.I-9.III.2022, J. Sˇobotnı´k leg.; 1♀ same data, but 18.VIII-1.IX.2017, J. Synek leg.; 1♂ same data, but 18.III-18.IV.2018, J. Synek leg. Distribution. Angola, Cameroon, CAR, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Republic of the Congo, Uganda. Family Mantidae Latereille, 1802 Alalomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917 Alalomantis muta (Wood-Mason, 1882) Type locality. Buea, Cameroon. Type deposition. Holotype ♀ NZSI. Material. 34♂, 11♀ (VGPC23336-9, VGPC23449-53, VGPC23489-90, VGPC23): 20♂, 5♀ Mbalmayo Region, Ebogo II village, light trap 3˚23’38.4"N 11˚28’15.6"E, 27.VII-1.VIII.2021, V. Govorov leg.; 6♂, 3♀ same data, but 2-10.VIII.2021; 2♂ same data, but 11-22.VIII.2021; 1♂ same data, but 26.I-9.III.2022, J. Sˇobotnı´k leg; 4♂, 2♀ same data, but 25.V-2.VI.2021, J. Sˇobot- nı´k leg.; 1♂, 1♀ same data, but 1-31.III.2018, J. Synek leg. Distribution. Angola, Cameroon, CAR, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Uganda. Comments. One collected adult male was found with a Torymidae wasp attached to its body. Cataspilota Giglio-Tos, 1917 PLOS ONE Diversity of praying mantises in Cameroon PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304163 May 23, 2024 12 / 23