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

Comments. New record for Cameroon. Amorphoscelis cf. A. pulchra Bolivar, 1908 Material. 2♂ (VGPC23541-2): 1♂ Mbalmayo Region, Ebogo II village, light trap 3˚ 23’38.4"N 11˚28’15.6"E, 27.IV.2015, J. Sˇobotnı´k leg.; 1♂, same data, but 26.I-9.III.2022. Comments. Two male specimens closely resemble A. pulchra but differ in genitalia struc- ture from type specimen. More research is required. Bolivaroscelis Roy, 1973 Bolivaroscelis bolivarii (Giglio-Tos, 1913) Type locality. Station Johann-Albrechtsho¨he, Cameroon. Type deposition. Holotype ♀ ZMHB. Material. 1♂ (VGPC23544), Mbalmayo Region, Ebogo II village, light trap 3˚23’38.4"N 11˚ 28’15.6"E, 26.I-9.III.2022, J. Sˇobotnı´k leg. Distribution. Cameroon, CAR, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Republic of the Congo. Bolivaroscelis carinata (Bolivar, 1908) Type locality. Cameroon. Type deposition. Holotype ♂ MNCN. Material. 1♀ nymph (VGPC23424), Mbalmayo Region, Ebogo II village, timber works 3˚ 23’27.9"N 11˚28’16.0"E, 22.VIII.2021, V. Govorov leg. Distribution. Cameroon, Gabon. Caudatoscelis Roy, 1973 Caudatoscelis caudata (Giglio-Tos, 1914) Type locality. Republic of the Congo. Type deposition. Holotype ♂ MSNG. Material. 7♂, 12♀ (VGPC23351-8, VGPV23413-423): 5♂, 9♀, Mbalmayo Region, Ebogo II village, primary forest 3˚23’01.6"N 11˚27’50.7"E, 2-10.VIII.2021, V. Govorov leg.; 2♂, 3♀ same data, but 17-20.VIII.2021. Distribution. CAR, Gabon, Republic of the Congo. Comments. New record for Cameroon. Some immature specimens were observed to have a Torymidae wasp attached to its body. Gigliotoscelis Roy, 1973

Gigliotoscelis simulans (Giglio-Tos, 1913) Type locality. ♂ Kratoki, Togo; ♀ Mukonje Farm near Mundame on the Mungo River, Cameroon. Type deposition. Syntype ♂ ZMHB. Material. 1♂ (VGPC23367): Mbalmayo Region, Ebogo II village, light trap 3˚23’38.4"N 11˚ 28’15.6"E, 15.VIII.2021, V. Govorov leg. Distribution. CAR, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Togo. Maculatoscelis Roy, 1973 Maculatoscelis ascalaphoides (Bolivar, 1908) Type locality. ‘Bonake Costa’, Cameroon. Type deposition. Holotype ♂ MNCN. Material. 5♂: 3♂, Mbalmayo Region, Ebogo II village, light trap 3˚23’38.4"N 11˚28’15.6"E, 30.VII-15.VIII.2021, V. Govorov leg.; 1♂, same data, but 1-31.III.2018, J. Synek leg.; 1♂, same data, but 26.I-9.III.2022, J. Sˇobotnı´k leg. Distribution. Angola, Cameroon, CAR, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania. Family Chroicopteridae Giglio-Tos, 1915 Achlaena Karsch, 1892 PLOS ONE Diversity of praying mantises in Cameroon PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304163 May 23, 2024 7 / 23