Oxyothespis brevipennis Beier, 1930 Figs. 77–82 Oxyothespis brevipennis Beier, 1930: 448. Type locality. Makongo, Ghana. Distribution. Ivory Coast, Ghana (Beier 1930; Gillon & Roy 1968; Ragge & Roy 1967; Roy & Leston 1975). Records. CSC: ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 481); ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg.; ♁, new station, 22.IV.–01.VI.2019, M. Pohl leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 498). Remarks. In contrast to the more northerly O. longipennis Chopard 1941, which also occurs in Ivory Coast (Roy & Leston 1975), this graminicolous species prefers Guinea savanna.

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 25-29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10145768