First Record of Creobroter apicalis Saussure, 1869 (Mantodea: Hymenopodidae) in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka: Unveiling a New Geographic Record of Flower Mantis Author Gamage, L. M. P. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka & College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan Author Ranasinghe, R. A. N. M. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka & Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan Author Chathuranga, W. G. D. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka text Zootaxa 2024 2024-09-18 5512 1 127 135 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5512.1.11 journal article 303889 10.11646/zootaxa.5512.1.11 3fa0f1b0-04ea-43c9-8476-9d2d6c73eae7 1175-5326 13848254 46236071-E632-4947-B3DB-A381E00F41BD

TABLE 3. Genetic distances (average K2P divergence) of COIa within and between taxa used in the study.

Group	Divergence	Average K2Pb Standard error
aCOI, Cytochrome c Oxidase subunit I; bK 2P, Kimura 2-Parameter.
Intraspecific	(0.003–0.015)	0.006 0.004
Interspecific	(0.039–0.118)	0.111 0.013
Congeneric (Creobroter)	(0.039–0.105)	0.096 0.013
C. apicalis & RUH ENTM 1/M2	0.015	below the 0.02 speciation threshold
C. jiangxiensis & RUH ENTM 1/M2	0.114	above the 0.02 speciation threshold
C. gemmatus & RUH ENTM 1/M2	0.109	above the 0.02 speciation threshold
C.laevicollis & RUH ENTM 1/M2	0.113	above the 0.02 speciation threshold
C. elongata & RUH ENTM 1/M2	0.102	above the 0.02 speciation threshold