| Gongylus trachelophyllus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Empusidae |
| Genus: | Gongylus |
| Species: | G. trachelophyllus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gongylus trachelophyllus (Burmeister, 1838) | |
Gongylus trachelophyllus is a praying mantis in the family Empusidae which is characterized by extremely slender limbs with large appendages.
Range
They are found in the Chota Nagpur Plateau region covering Bihar and Odisha states of India.[1][2]
Etymology
Its generic name Gongylus means "roundish" in Greek.[3]
References
- ↑ Texas A&M University
- ↑ P. M. Sureshan (2009). "A Preliminary Study on the Mantid Fauna (Insecta: Mantodea) of Orissa, India" (PDF). Records of the Zoological Survey of India - Occasional Paper. Director, Zoological Survey of India. 305: 1–56. ISBN 978-81-8171-239-4. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ↑ Stearn, William Thomas (1983). Botanical Latin. 275. David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8548-7.
gongylodes / gongyloides: roundish
External links
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