Volume 1 treats eight genera (Mantica, Manticora, Platychile, Megacephala (with two subgenera), Prothyma, Neochila, Euryarthron, and Dromica) with 191 species. It includes the general introduction and chapters on history and species richness of the African countries. As well as the acknowledgements, indexes for abbreviations and collections, and a complete list of all species and subspecies occuring in the treated region.