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

Achlaena grandis (Westwood, 1889) Type locality. Fernando Po (Bioko, Equatorial Guinea). Type deposition. Holotype ♀ OUMNH. Material. 2♂, 2♀ (VGPC23331-2, VGPC23812-3): 1♀, Mbalmayo Region, Ebogo II village, primary forest 3˚23’01.6"N 11˚27’50.7"E, 31.VII.2021, V. Govorov leg.; 1♂, same data, but 1. VIII.2021; 1♂, same data, but 17.VIII.2021; 1♀, same data, but 18.VIII.2021. Distribution. Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast. Comments. All specimens were collected by visual examination of vegetation in the forest, with males sitting on the underside of the leaves, and females resting on the ground or logs. One female was found to be infected with an unidentified larva of Tachinidae fly. Family Dactylopterygidae Giglio-Tos, 1915 Dactylopteryx Karsch, 1892 Dactylopteryx flexuosa Karsch, 1892 Type locality. Gabon. Type deposition. Holotype ♀ ZMHB. Material. 2♂, 2♀ (VGPC23394-5, VGPC23456, VGPC23545): 1♂, 1♀ Mbalmayo Region, Ebogo II village, primary forest 3˚23’01.6"N 11˚27’50.7"E, 7.VIII.2021, V. Govorov leg.; 1♂, 1♀ nymphs, same data, but 2-10.VIII.2021. Distribution. Cameroon, CAR, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast. Theopompella Giglio-Tos, 1917 Theopompella aurivillii (Sjo¨stedt, 1900) Type locality. Mapanga, Cameroon. Type deposition. Holotype ♀ NHRS. Material. 2♂ (VGPC23387-7): 1♂, Mbalmayo Region, Ebogo II village, light trap 3˚ 23’38.4"N 11˚28’15.6"E, 5.VIII.2021, V. Govorov leg.; 1♂, same data, but 13.VIII.2021. Distribution. Angola, Cameroon, CAR, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial

Guinea, Gabon, Malawi, Republic of the Congo. Theopompella heterochroa (Gerstaecker, 1883) Type locality. Quaqua, Cameroon. Type deposition. Holotype ♂ EMAU. Material. 3♂ (VGPC23388, VGPC23579-80): 2♂, Mbalmayo Region, Ebogo II village, light trap 3˚23’38.4"N 11˚28’15.6"E, 25.V-2.VI.2021, J. Sˇobotnı´k leg.; 1♂ same data, but 22. VIII.2021, V. Govorov leg. Distribution. Cameroon, CAR, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria. Family Deroplatyidae Westwood, 1889 Leptocola Gerstaecker, 1883 Leptocola stanleyana (Westwood, 1889) Type locality. Gabon. Type deposition. Holotype ♀ OUMNH. Material. 2♀ nymphs (VGPC23403, VGPC23462): Mbalmayo Region, Ebogo II village, pri- mary forest 3˚23’01.6"N 11˚27’50.7"E, 18.VIII.2021, V. Govorov leg. Distribution. Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Cameroon, Mozambique, Nige- ria, Tanzania, Togo. Macrodanuria Sjo¨stedt, 1900 Macrodanuria elongata (Borre de Preudhomme, 1883) Type locality. Conde, Guinea. Type deposition. Holotype ♂ RBINS. PLOS ONE Diversity of praying mantises in Cameroon PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304163 May 23, 2024 8 / 23