HYMENOPODIDAE Giglio-Tos, 1915 Pseudocreobotra sp. (Fig. 1 F–G) (nymphs) Sampling. ANP.1—One late instar nymph (GSMC004388). ADR.1—One late instar nymph (GSMC004543). Distribution. Species within the genus Pseudocreobotra are found across the African continent with previous records within Rwanda. Oxypilus montanus Roy, 1999 (Figs 1 A, 6D) Sampling. ANP.1—Two males (GSMC004330–1). Distribution. Species within the genus Oxypilus range across the African continent. Oxypilus montanus has previously been recorded in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda. Oxypilus meruensis (Sjöstedt, 1909) (Figs 1 B, 7A) Sampling. NNP.3—One male (GSMC004700) from ANP. Distribution. Oxypilus meruensis is previously recorded in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, but is new to Rwanda. Sibylla pretiosa Stål, 1856 (Figs 5 L, 14B) (nymphs) Sampling. ANP.2—Four nymphs (GSMC004589, GSMC005012–14). Distribution. Species within the genus Sibylla are found across the African continent, but S. pretiosa is the first species within the genus recorded in Rwanda. Sibylla pretiosa is previously recorded in Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Natal, Somalia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Transvaal, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Published as part of Tedrow, Riley, Nathan, Kabanguka, Richard, Nasasira & Svenson, Gavin J., 2015, A survey of the praying mantises of Rwanda, including new records (Insecta, Mantodea), pp. 67-100 in Zootaxa 4027 (1) on pages 70-71, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4027.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/239765