Révision du genre afrotropical Epitenodera Giglio-Tos, 1912 (Mantodea, Mantidae)

Revision of the afrotropical genus Epitenodera Giglio-Tos, 1912 (Mantodea, Mantidae). The afrotropical genus Epitenodera Giglio-Tos, 1912, is revised as far as possible with a care about stability in nomenclature, after the study of more than 300 specimens preserved in various museums and other scientific institutions. The now existing synonymies are retained except that of E. iringana Giglio-Tos, 1912, and the following ones are added: Tenodera houyi Werner and Epitenodera gambiensis Beier, 1931, already synonymous, are synonymized with Tenodera brevipennis Saussure, 1871, while Epitenodera equatoriana La Greca, 1993, and Sphodromantis werneri Roy, 2010, are synonymized with Epitenodera nimbana Roy, 1963. The variety brevelytra, named by Giglio-Tos in 1912 for E. herbacea, is raised to the species rank, whereas E. falcata n. sp., and E. sudanensis n. sp. are newly described.