Gongylus trachelophyllus
Appearance
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
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Binomial name | |
Gongylus trachelophyllus (Burmeister, 1838)
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Gongylus trachelophyllus is an praying mantis in the family Empusidae which is characterized by extremely slender limbs with large appendages.
Range
They are found in India.[1]
Etymology
Its generic name Gongylus means "roundish" in Greek.[2]
References
- ^ Texas A&M University
- ^ Stearn, William Thomas (1983). Botanical Latin. 275. David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8548-7.
gongylodes / gongyloides: roundish
External links
- Media related to Gongylus trachelophyllus at Wikimedia Commons