Heterochaeta strachani (Kirby, 1904) Figs. 69–70 Pseudochaeta strachani Kirby, 1904: 88. = Stenovates spectrum Rehn, 1949: 215–219, pl. VI, Fig. 21. Type localities. (P. s.) Lagos, Nigeria; (S. s.) Monrovia, Liberia. Distribution. Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Tchad (Beier 1968; Gillon & Roy 1968; Kirby 1904; Prost & Roy 1986; Ragge & Roy 1967; Rehn 1949; Roy 1964b, 1971b, 1975, 1977, 1978; Roy & Leston 1975). Records. CSC: ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg. Remarks. An ecologically generalist stick mantis inhabiting all kinds of habitats from forests to Sudan savannas.

Published as part of Schwarz, Christian J., Pohl, Marius & Frank, Erik T., 2023, A preliminary checklist of the praying mantids of Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast (Insecta: Mantodea), pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 5373 (1) on pages 22-24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10145768