Theopropus elegans

Westwood, 1832 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Mantodea/Hymenopodidae/Theopropus

At a glance

Occurrence records26

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens5

eDNA detections5

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Theopropus elegans's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility26 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF26 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries5 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD5 specimens

01Narrative

Theopropus elegans, common name banded flower mantis, is a species of praying mantis native to Southeast Asia.[1] Boxer Mantis[2] Phasmids in Cyberspace[3] Theopropus elegans Until their first moult, nymphs have red and black exoskeletons that aid them in ant mimicry. They are green and white starting at their second instar and adults are similar in size and appearance to Creobroter species. Adult females are up to 5 cm in length while males only grow to 3 cm in length due to the sexual dimorphism common in mantises. Both sexes have green and white spots with bright orange hind wings and a large white transverse stripe on the forewings.[4] Phasmids in Cyberspace[5] Theopropus elegans Individual T. elegans hatched from a single ootheca and reared under the same conditions can show color variation between tones of red, green, and yellow. Individuals can also change their color in as little as a week.[6] Theopropus elegans

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding5 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Theopropus elegans has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens5

BINs1

Marker genes2

eDNA detections5

Countries1

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P659 bp consensus3 specimens

ACGT

▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies

Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 90% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Diversity (π)7.0%

Haplotypes2

BIN1

Most divergent pair0.91%

Where individuals differ — all 69 variable positions, in barcode order

62Tvariable

65Avariable

72Cvariable

77Cvariable

80Cvariable

86Avariable

110Cvariable

128Avariable

131Tvariable

134Tvariable

146Gvariable

155Tvariable

188Tvariable

206Gvariable

210Tvariable

233Cvariable

236Avariable

248Tvariable

254Tvariable

272Avariable

275Avariable

282Tvariable

293Tvariable

302Tvariable

320Tvariable

326Avariable

335Avariable

338Tvariable

341Avariable

374Tvariable

383Cvariable

395Cvariable

422Avariable

431Avariable

449Tvariable

452Tvariable

458Tvariable

472Tvariable

473Tvariable

476Cvariable

481Gvariable

487Tvariable

488Tvariable

497Tvariable

506Cvariable

512Avariable

527Tvariable

530Cvariable

534Tvariable

537Cvariable

539Tvariable

540Tvariable

542Avariable

545Cvariable

546Cvariable

548Tvariable

554Tvariable

555Tvariable

560Avariable

578Avariable

593Cvariable

605Tvariable

611Cvariable

617Tvariable

623Gvariable

635Avariable

639Tvariable

651Cvariable

656Cvariable

CATTGTATTTTATCTTTGGTGCATGAGCAGGAATATTAGGAACATCTTTAAGAATTTTAATTCGAACTGAACTAGGCCACCCTGGATCAT …

Closest relatives by DNA barcode

The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.

Theopropus sinecussame genus9.0%Ceratomantis saussuriisame family11.4%Creobroter nebulosasame family11.9%Anaxarcha tianmushanensissame family12.5%Creobroter gemmatussame family12.7%

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P18S-5P

animal barcoderibosomal

07Deep time~46 Ma lineage

How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.

At a glance

DNA clock origin46 Ma TimeTree

When this lineage existed

How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.

DNA clock origin

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type26 records

Wild obs. + sensor22

Museum / vouchered4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO100 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy50% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 5≤10 km 3>10 km 5

16 georeferenced · 6 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor22

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 4 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence4

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 2 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record	2
Bonn, DE	2

2 institutions · 4 of 4 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA5 detections

Where the DNA of Theopropus elegans was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found5

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 5 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

1. Forest & Woodland|1.9. Subtropical/Tropic…

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median18.2 °C 18.2–18.2

Seasonal swing summer↔winter7.30 °C

Max temp (day)23.6 °C

Min temp (night)13.0 °C

Precipitation19.0 mm/mo

Air humidity58.4 %

Moisture balance-66.7 mm/mo

Vapour deficit868 Pa

Wind speed1.00 m/s

Cloud cover22.0 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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