Gongylus pauperatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Empusidae
Genus: Gongylus
Species:
G. pauperatus
Binomial name
Gongylus pauperatus
Fabricius, 1739

Gongylus pauperatus is an praying mantis in the family Empusidae. Its generic name Gongylus means "roundish" in Greek.[1]

Distribution

This species is found in the Mediterranean region of France.[2]

References

  1. Stearn, William Thomas (1983). Botanical Latin. 275. David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8548-7. gongylodes / gongyloides: roundish
  2. Audouin, Jean-Victor (1834–1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes : traitant de leur organisation et de leurs moeurs en général. Tome 9 / par M. V. Audouin,... ; et comprenant leur classification et la description des espèces, par M. A. Brullé,... F. D. Pillot (Paris).
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