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| Name | latin |
Theopropus elegans |
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| | Systematics | Super-Order |
Dictyoptera |
| Order |
Mantodea |
| Family |
Hymenopodidae |
| Subfamily |
Hymenopodinae |
| Tribe |
Hymenopodini |
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| | First Description | Author |
WESTWOOD |
| Year |
1832 |
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| Size
Quotation of Size
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The given size is measured from the head to the end of the abdomen, without the wings.
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| Male |
ca. 1,5cm |
| Female |
ca. 3,5cm |
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| Lifespan
Quotation of the Lifespan
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The lifespan is given in month and has the following definition:
overall-age ("time between hatching and imago" + "lifespan after the last molting")
Example: 9 (2 + 7) month lifespan
overall-age = 9 month
time between hatching and imago = 2 month
lifespan after the last molting = 7 month
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| Male |
ca. 5 (2 + 3) months / ~ 5 moltings |
| Female |
ca. 10 (4 + 6) months / ~ 7 moltings |
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| Sexing
Sexing
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Morphologically differences between male and female.
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| Male |
L4 and above: appendages at the abdomen visible (females not till l6), the antenna`s base is thickened
adult: essentually smaller than females, very thin and delicate, very good flyers, with a buzzing noise when flying |
| Female |
L4 and above: no appendages at the abdomen visible, bigger than males at the same state
L6 and above: small appendages at the abdomen visible, which grow with every molting, bigger than males at the same state
adult: essentually bigger and more compact than males |
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| | | | | Spreading | Borneo, Malaysian Peninsula, Myanmar, Java, Sumatra |
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| Asia |
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| | Habitat | branched leafage
inhabits damp areas (rainforest) |
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| | Aggressiveness | high (females) |
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| | Colorvariants | none, subwings of the females can differ from yellow to red |
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| | Hint | huge size- discrepancy between the sexes
In case of danger, the females drop down and remain motionless. The flight occurs with fast, short jumps. |
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