Tedrow Riley, Nathan Kabanguka, Richard Nasasira, Svenson Gavin J
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Drive, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Kitabi College of Conservation and Environmental Management (KCCEM), C/O Rwanda Development Board, P.O Box 330 Huye, Kigali, Rwanda; Email: unknown.
Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Email: unknown.
Zootaxa. 2015 Oct 1;4027(1):67-100. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4027.1.3.
We report the results of two surveys targeting praying mantises in four localities in Rwanda, specifically Akagera National Park, Nyungwe National Park, Volcanoes National Park, and the Arboretum de Ruhande at the National University of Rwanda. Using an assortment of collecting techniques, including metal halide light traps, sweep netting vegetation and general searching, we obtained 387 adult and 352 juvenile specimens, representing 41 species. A total of 28 novel species records for Rwanda are added to the 18 previously recorded species for the country, in addition to 20 novel species records for the broader region, including neighbouring Uganda and Burundi. This study provides high resolution images of the dorsal habitus of both sexes of representative species, both pinned and living. Species distribution records are presented and discussed. With a 155% increase in species recorded from Rwanda, this survey illustrates the need for further taxonomic work in the region.
我们报告了在卢旺达四个地区针对螳螂开展的两项调查结果，这四个地区分别是阿卡盖拉国家公园、纽恩威国家公园、火山国家公园以及卢旺达国立大学的鲁汉德植物园。我们运用了多种采集技术，包括金属卤化物诱虫灯、扫网法采集植被以及常规搜索，共获得了387个成年标本和352个幼年标本，分属于41个物种。卢旺达此前记录的物种有18种，此次研究新增了28个该国新物种记录，此外，还为包括邻国乌干达和布隆迪在内的更广泛区域新增了20个新物种记录。本研究提供了代表性物种雌雄两性的背部形态的高分辨率图像，既有标本的，也有活体的。文中呈现并讨论了物种分布记录。卢旺达记录的物种数量增长了155%，此次调查表明该地区需要进一步开展分类学研究工作。
